Giraffes appear to be on a path to joining the ranks of Winnie the Pooh and Peppa Pig on Beijing's internet watchlist

• A US Embassy post about giraffes inexplicably became a gathering place for online dissent in China.
• The social media post was flooded with comments last weekend complaining about China's economy.
• Now censors are swooping in, putting giraffes on target to be the Chinese internet's next endangered item.

Giraffes might just be the next thing banned on China's social media.

The animals became an overnight symbol of discontent with the Chinese economy when the US Embassy in Beijing's social media account uploaded a post on February 2 about the animals.