NittanyJen Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 If you go to http://www.earthcam/usa/southcarolina/greenville you will see a live webcam on a giraffe named Autumn who is very pregnant with her first baby. She appears to be in labor at this point, as she is becoming restive, and occasionally squats/strains a bit before resuming eating and marching around. I cannot predict when the big event will happen, but if you check in now and then, you just might get lucky-- how many times do you get to watch a giraffe birthing? If you look and see an empty pen, just wait a moment; she is wandering in and out of her shelter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 The link isn't working? I'd like to watch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Oh, I see - the .com is missing :) http://www.earthcam.com/usa/southcarolina/greenville/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 She appears to be getting pretty close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 They shut down the feed for the giraffe's "privacy" :001_huh: OK, it just occured to me maybe she needs some intervention that they aren't interested in showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That's my zoo! Can't wait to see the baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 They shut down the feed for the giraffe's "privacy" :001_huh: OK, it just occured to me maybe she needs some intervention that they aren't interested in showing. SO is the footage they are showing now a rerun from earlier in the day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That's my zoo! Can't wait to see the baby! Mine too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I think it's running for some and not for others? My SIL just tried to look and got a message about the giraffe wanting some privacy. I've had the feed running for a couple hours and haven't been kicked off yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 SO is the footage they are showing now a rerun from earlier in the day? That's what I was wondering, as I'm getting what looks like live footage. Maybe it's a giraffe decoy! Like when a celebrity goes into the hospital to have a baby and she sends a lookalike in a baseball cap and a pillow under her shirt to the front door, then sneaks in the back. Perhaps this is Faux Autumn! Clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 They shut down the feed for the giraffe's "privacy" :001_huh: Of course, didn't you notice giraffes normally wear long skirts to hide their genitalia? Amazing that human women give birth in detail on those birth shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That's what I was wondering, as I'm getting what looks like live footage. Maybe it's a giraffe decoy! Like when a celebrity goes into the hospital to have a baby and she sends a lookalike in a baseball cap and a pillow under her shirt to the front door, then sneaks in the back. Perhaps this is Faux Autumn! Clever. I don't know; maybe if you have been watching all along you are still in the feed loop, and new watchers are closed out? At the top of the screen, there are two tabs - one for live, one for archived footage. Hate that we are missing the big event. I could have counted it for science credit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 If I'm still getting live feed, then you aren't missing anything yet. She's still just standing around! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 They shut down the feed for the giraffe's "privacy" :001_huh: :lol: That is the best laugh I've had in a while. What ARE we coming to as a culture?! Voyeurists all! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 I was so frustrated!!! All that waiting around, and I saw the baby come about halfway out, then BAM!! "For the giraffe's privacy." WHAT?? Heaven help us be protected from ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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