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Cincinnati Zoo to livestream giraffe birth to world, making zoo…

The Cincinnati Zoo plans to broadcast the birth to viewers worldwide, a first for the zoo; the giraffe has not confirmed a time.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on BBN Overnight
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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, team coverage tonight from the Queen City, where the Cincinnati Zoo says it will livestream a giraffe birth to the whole world, and the zoo says that has never been done before.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Cincinnati Enquirer reports it is a first for the zoo. A giraffe, a camera, and an audience of strangers awake far too late.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOur fake live map shows the barn glowing in the middle of Ohio, and everything else is just dark, Gloria, dark!

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is a barn, Chip.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA barn with a global audience, ma'am, and no results until the giraffe decides to call it.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen she is the only guest all night who will not be hurried, and I respect that deeply.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWe will be watching every minute, folks, so please stand by, and try the coffee.

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