No twitch of her tail or bulge in her backside goes unremarked as April the giraffe once again prepares to deliver a calf before a riveted YouTube audience.
Tail held aside? Check. Udders filled? Check. Swelling backside? Check. April the Giraffe shows every sign she'll soon deliver her calf, to the delight of an enthralled YouTube audience.
Since Patch announced in a March 6 Facebook post that the delivery was imminent, tens of thousands of fans have been tuned into April's livestream, posting a constant stream of comments and observations. It's a replay of 2017, when April drew more than 232 million YouTube live views during the seven weeks leading up to the birth of Tajiri, her fifth calf.
When he started livestreaming April's pregnancy in 2017, Patch never expected to draw worldwide attention to his small zoo 209km northwest of New York City."We were helping our local fan base tune in," Patch said."Then it grew to what it became, and we were no longer just informing a small population, we were educating a world of interested parties."
Not everyone is celebrating, however."Another giraffe calf will be born into captivity, doomed to spend his or her life in confinement, all for one roadside zoo's desire for internet fame and profit," blogger Katherine Sullivan wrote on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' website in July."The entire event is free to the world," he said."No one has to pay a cent to participate here.
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