claim: A baby giraffe that earned viral fame in April 2017 passed away a month after birth.
origin: In May 2017 a widely-shared Facebook post spreadÂ the claimÂ that Tajiri, the calfÂ born to internet star April the Giraffe at the Animal Adventure Park in New York, had passed awayÂ only a month after his birth: Earlyview.net is one of many â€œprankâ€ web sites. These sites allow you to create your own fake news story with a few clicks. Users choose a picture, write a headline and description, and then the web site formats the information so that it resembles a genuine news item, whichÂ you can then share on Facebook: April the giraffe became an internet sensation in 2017 thanks to a web cam installed at the Animal Adventure Park. The birth of Tajiri on 15 April 2017 was viewed by more than 1.2 million people on YouTube: < We have our name! Tajiri the baby Giraffe. Tajiri is Swahili for HOPE. We will call him â€œTajâ€ pic.twitter.com/J64Bk7QOEp â€” April The Giraffe (@AprilTheGiraffe) May 1, 2017 > April and Tajiri still bring in big crowd (both online and in person) and the zoo regularly posts pictures of them on their social media pages. Furthermore, a local Fox affiliate visited the giraffes on 23 May 2017, long after this death hoax first circulated on social media: