Giraffe to Give Birth at Dallas Zoo Watch It Live Online. If youve ever wanted to see a giraffe being born, nows your chance. You do not have to believe in faeries. You must be willing to objectively see whats going on around you, but you dont have to believe. The faeries are real. Watch full free movies online and download free movies 2017 on VIDTV. Watch full free movies online and download free movies 2016 on VIDTV. We update daily and all. Watch The Beasts Within Online' title='Watch The Beasts Within Online' />Katie, a giraffe at the Dallas Zoo, is due to give birth any day now, and Animal Planet installed 1. The cameras are rolling 2. You can watch it live on Live Science or on the Animal Planet TV channel. Worlds Cutest Baby Wild Animals. Katies window for delivery extends until mid May, but the birth will likely happen within the next week or two, said Laurie Holloway, a spokeswoman for the Dallas Zoo. We hope we get some signs a day or two before she actually goes into labor, Holloway told Live Science. However, Its quite possible the first notice well get that shes in labor is when her water breaks, she added. How giraffes are born. The average gestation period for giraffes is 1. Download Film The Little Engine That Could. Baby giraffes, known as calves, typically weigh 1. Animal Planet. Giraffes give birth standing up, and the baby falls head and hooves first from a height of 6 feet, Holloway said. This dramatic entrance breaks the amniotic sac, a fluid filled pouch that protects the fetus in the womb, severs the umbilical cord, and forces the calf to start breathing on its own. After the calf is born, its mother will clean it. Within 2. 0 to 4. Holloway said. The calf will nurse for between 9 and 1. Male giraffes will leave their mothers after 1. Animal Planet. In Photos See Cute Pics of Baby Giraffes. To prepare for a birth, zookeepers and veterinarians work with giraffes to get them used to technology that can help make the delivery safer and smoother, whether in a normal birth or during an emergency. A giraffe restraint device keeps the animal from moving during ultrasounds, routine checkups and delivery, if veterinary intervention is needed. Katies zookeepers have trained her to be comfortable walking into such a device. Katie will give birth in a specially prepared maternity stall that has been outfitted with 6 inches 1. Holloway said. Zookeepers will have first aid and milk available for the calf if it needs it. The sex of the baby giraffe is not yet known. We wont know until it pops out and we can get a good look, Holloway said. The babys father is a giraffe named Tebogo, and zookeepers said he fathered another calf born in October named Kopano. The zoo auctioned off the right to name that calf for 5. Africa, Holloway said. Giraffes in the wild. In the wild, giraffes give birth in places known as calving grounds, and will return to these grounds year after year to give birth. Sometimes, these are the same sites where the mother giraffe was born, according to Animal Planet. Giraffes are the worlds tallest mammals. Their height varies among the nine different subspecies, but some can be up to 2. Reticulated giraffes or Somali giraffes are, on average, 1. Animal Planet. Although giraffes are not endangered and are listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCNs Red List of Threatened Species, their population is decreasing. About 8. 0,0. 00 wild giraffes live on the African continent more than 4. IUCN. The reticulated giraffe has an estimated population of 4,7. Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Follow Tanya Lewis on Twitter. Follow us livescience, Facebook  Google. Original article on Live Science.