giraffe cam..she is getting ready to give birth

[strollingbones]

EarthCam - Giraffe Cam

 

[strollingbones]

bump ....i think she is getting close they closed the door to the outside....

 

[strollingbones]

all she has done is pace and eat....eat and pace

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Thanks very much for this!

I was very addicted to an eagle cam but they've fledged so I needed a new fix.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

OH NOES!!

Just when it looks like birth is imminent, she moves to the other room!

 

[strollingbones]

o still no baby?

 

[strollingbones]

uh oh .....you can see her sides moving

 

[strollingbones]

i think its happening!

 

[strollingbones]

she is standing still.....but you can see her side beginning to move....

 

[strollingbones]

and she is back to eating......

 

[sitarro]

I shot this yesterday at the Houston Zoo, 4 months old. Click on the photo.....
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[syrenn]

COOL!!!

shes just standing there.... she stamped her back hoof.

 

[syrenn]

God damn it bones.... now you got me watching this!!!!

 

[syrenn]

nnnoooo..... turn around! I dont want the head end!!!

 

[Amelia]

Is she sitting?




Edit: the answer to my silly question was no, the camera angle just make her backside look very low.

 

[syrenn]

no...standing. Tail still down.... but moving a lot. It also looks to me as if she is in labor....with contractions every 4 minutes.

do they sit when they give birth? I thought it was like a horse.

 

[Amelia]

I wouldn't expect her to sit ....

 

[syrenn]

momma.... you are just taking to long!

hopefully when i look in the morning.... there will be a little one...and a replay!!!

 

[syrenn]

i cant sleep... and she is still there just munching away.....

 

[syrenn]

i think its coming..... hey are zooming in the camera!