The news on Saturday morning in the town of Harpursville was that April, the giraffe was finally in labour. April is a Somali giraffe who arrived at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York in 2015. April became famous in February due to the news of her pregnancy.
She now has a Twitter handle. And it has 30.7k followers. She also has a Wikipedia page. The zoo has announced an online competition to name the calf. April also has a GoFundMe page which has apparels for purchase.
On Saturday, when the news came in, thousands of people logged in to watch the baby being born. The hooves of the calf were seen early in the morning, which created an excitement on social media, as it is an important sign of going into labour. April was overdue by two months and her pregnancy was the talk of the town. When the live streaming started, 1.2 million people viewed it on YouTube, while 750K watched it on Facebook.
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