No one knew how to get such a large animal from Marseille to Paris.Therefore, the giraffe had to walk the 550 miles( 885 kilometers).All along the way, people came to watch the gentle giant walk past.Six weeks after it left Marseille, the giraffe finally arrived in Paris, where 100,000 people came to see this amazing creature.Today, we still look at the giraffe in amazement.There is no other animal like it on earth.