Oil pumps at a construction site near a kindergarten were painted yellow with red spots, in Dongying, Shandong province, looking like grazing giraffes. /VCG

Pumping units are used for extracting oil, which work with no noise or air pollution. /VCG

Though safe to be installed near kindergartens, the pumping units are required to be decorated as humongous giraffes by local educational department, according to the kindergarten's staff, so that the kids can look out their window to see some giant giraffes grazing. /VCG

Pictures and footage of these giant pumping units have gone viral in China. Chinese netizens welcomed and praised the local government's idea and call the construction workers "softies at heart." /VCG