Never forget: This was the year we fell in love with April the giraffe

Listen, this year was almost entirely awful. But one of the best things — nay, the best thing — that occurred in 2017 was April the giraffe.

Millions tuned in to watch Animal Adventure Park’s giraffe cam and keep up with April’s seemingly endless pregnancy. In fact, her pregnancy was so long that it broke the Internet.

Me every time they say #Aprilthegiraffe will give birth “any minute now!” and I stare at a live feed for three hours#giraffewatch pic.twitter.com/5PTUBgy0hk

— Erin Clements (@iamsoerin) February 25, 2017

People went a little off the rails. Fans came up with conspiracy theories that the whole thing was just an elaborate April Fools joke, and one YouTuber even made a song about April to pass the time. Read more…

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