Caretakers at Animal Adventure Park in New York are reporting that viral sensation April the giraffe is "in the home stretch" of giving birth to her fourth calf.
According to vet reports posted on the park’s Facebook page Tuesday, she is still not in labor but close. However, they were skeptical to voice their opinions, because they wrote, “we’ve been wrong before.”
Not much has changed since the last update, but keepers have encouraged viewers to compare today's belly to a week ago.
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On Thursday morning, vets noted that her stomach had noticeably dropped further.
The little one continued to do “calf giraffe cartwheels,” and they witnessed April napping beside her bundle of joy with her extended back head onto her abdomen.
Millions of people around the world have been tuning into the much-anticipated live birth, which first started making headlines last month after YouTube briefly took the zoo's livestream down after animal activists complained the video violated policies against "nudity and sexual content."
But after the zoo urged commenters to voice their frustrations — and thousands did — YouTube restored the stream within an hour.
The park said it expects the calf, which will be born to April and 5-year-old Oliver, will weigh about 150 pounds and will be nearly six feet tall when it is born.
Continue watching the live cam of April the giraffe below:
Visit aprilthegiraffe.com or Animal Adventure Park's Facebook page for updates.
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