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The highly anticipated birth of a giraffe at a New York zoo attracted over a million viewers to its Youtube live-stream.
She was due to give birth in January or February but her pregnancy went for at least 16 months, compared with the typical gestation period of 15 months, according to zoo officials.
The public fascination with April's unborn calf blossomed when the zoo began providing a live YouTube stream in February.
At its peak, the stream drew nearly 5 million viewers a day and a flood of media coverage and attention for Harpursville, which is about three hours north-west of New York City, The New York Times reported.
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Hundreds of thousands of viewers have watched the 15-year-old April since then, and more than a million people witnessed the birth on the livestream.
The YouTube page on Saturday showed April going into labour and the hooves of the baby first emerging from the standing mother. Afterwards, the spindly 1.83 metre calf, estimated to weigh as much as 68 kilograms, was seen standing at its mother's side.
April's birth was broadcast to an online audience with more than a million viewers. Photo: AP
Classed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species in 2016, giraffes are the world's tallest mammals.
The species is usually found in dry savanna zones south of Africa's Sahara desert.
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