# who else is watching April the pregnant giraffe

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504 "2017-04-01T16:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504/141 "2019-03-16T16:44:02Z")

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Baby is out!!!

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504/142 "2019-03-16T16:46:54Z")

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I like how dad is pacing nervously around his pen, while April tends to the calf 🙂

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504/143 "2019-03-16T16:50:20Z")

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> [@Enola\_Gay](#):
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> I like how dad is pacing nervously around his pen, while April tends to the calf 🙂

I noticed that last time. It’s like he’s getting ready to pass out cigars.

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504/144 "2019-03-16T17:17:47Z")

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I hate watching the calf try to stand up, then fall to the ground. But apparently in the wild, they have to be walking within an hour after birth or they’re at risk of being someone’s dinner.

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504/145 "2019-03-16T17:33:21Z")

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Awww baby is up and nursing! (why am I so obsessed with this???)

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**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504/146 "2019-03-17T15:36:55Z")

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> [@Enola\_Gay](#):
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> Awww baby is up and nursing! (why am I so obsessed with this???)

Me too (obsessed that is…I stopped nursing decades ago). I opened up April’s webcam a few weeks ago, and bopped in and out. I am just happy that I caught her when baby was about a quarter out. Then plop! And now just 24 hours later, it looks like baby can run. Amazing.

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