“There’s a giraffe that’s been waiting to give birth for six months on the internet”, said a woman in the charity shop. I was clutching a giraffe funny noise maker, turning it over and over.

“EEEEOOOOOOWWWWWOOOOO”,

“EEEEWWOOAAAWWOOOAOOWWOOOO”.

“Will you stop it, Nathan”

“But, you bought it for me”

“It doesn’t matter”

Two days later, April the giraffe gave birth to a giddy foal as the world watched.