The private New York zoo whose pregnant giraffe became an internet sensation says April the giraffe's newborn calf is a male. Source: Animal Adventure Park
Before an online audience of more than a million viewers, April the giraffe gave birth to a male calf on Saturday at a New York zoo, ending weeks of proverbial pacing by animal lovers in a virtual worldwide waiting room.
The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf shortly before 10am onsaturday in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a rural upstate village about 200km northwest of New York City.
The mama giraffe tenderly licked her calf, which began to slowly pick its head up from the floor of the pen.
Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch said that both mum and calf are doing fine. No other details on the calf were announced, but they usually weigh around 68kg and are about 6 feet (1.83 metres) tall at birth.
