New York: At long last, April the giraffe gave birth on Saturday to a long-overdue calf as more than a million people around the world watched live.

April became an internet sensation after her pregnancy was livestreamed from Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, in western New York.

She was due to give birth in January or February but her pregnancy went for at least 16 months, compared with the typical gestation period of 15 months, according to zoo officials.