April The Giraffe Cam

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Is anyone else watching again and waiting for her to go into labour? I spent hours watching her two years ago. Very relaxing and therapeutic.

I happened to be watching when she gave birth to Tajiri. So cute!

Holding my breath. Is the little one ok?

The little one is on floor. Is this normal?

I’ve seen it’s leg twitch but not much else...

Yippee! 🥂🍾🦒

Here we go!!

She’s got the sack if it’s face and it’s coming round

Think I just saw it move

Bloody hell, so pleased to see her calf move.

Poor things must get such a shock dropping to the floor like they do

Aaaahhh.

That was amazing! I was so worried for a bit though when it was just lying there.

I think we all did!!

Especially when the screen first went black. Panicked for a second there

Aww I missed it 😞

We saw the last one being born. It as amazing

What we guessing. Girl or boy?

She’s had 4 boys and 1 girl so far.

I’d like to think she’s had a girl but I bet it’s a boy again.

Obviously we won’t find out for a few days until it’s new born checks have been done. They will want to let April bond with her calf first

Oliver seems very agitated.

I know!! My heart sank when the screen went black.

I would say he’s probably going “what the fuck is that?!!”

Male giraffes don’t tend to hang around after they have bred the female, so for them to see a baby born is something they are not used to

Just he does, I was just thinking that.

Huge contractions there!

They don’t exactly have a stress free environment at the moment do they?

There’s a little girl running around and probably making lots of noise.

There’s a baby who has just been lifted out of the car seat so that was probably crying, there’s several zoo keeps all standing round chatting.

You would have thought they would leave her in peace with her calf and monitor from the camera

I'm astonished (and cross) at the child being there. That's unnecessary and must surely add to the stress. If keepers do need to be there, surely one or two would be enough, and no bugger else.

I agree. Surely only the people who work regularly with them should be there. Seems very busy at such an important time , when everything appears to have gone according to plan.

Yes, I also thought they'd monitor by camera. I'm surprised by how many people are in there, and especially the keepers allowing young children to be there.

I’ve been watching this cam all week. All Fucking Week. I saw the hooves pop out, was on the edge of my seat. Then we had a power cut. A FUCKING POWER CUT RIGHT AT THE EXACT FUCKING MOMENT THE BABY WAS BORN. When iI got my WiFi back it was all over. 😢😢😢😢 gutted.

I think I might fire off a complaint

All this stress can’t be good for them...even now April seems to have lost interest in the calf

I'm thinking the same. I know I'm not a giraffe expert but it's a bit like one of us giving birth and the staff from the Costa coffee in the hospital nipping in with their kids to take photos. Not the calm, bonding time that surely any new mum deserves.