Internet's latest conspiracy theory: April the pregnant giraffe is just an April Fools' joke

It just can't be a coincidence that April the Giraffe, the perpetually pregnant and viral video star, is named April and that April Fools' Day is coming up.

The internet's latest conspiracy theory involving the upstate New York zoo's giraffe and its much-watched livestream of her very, very long pregnancy (she was due in mid-February and giraffes gestate for about 15 months) is that it's all an elaborate April Fools' joke.

With the pranksters' holiday of April Fools fast approaching, April the Giraffe could be a really long joke that duped everyone. Come on, look at her; she seems to just be chilling -- so don't discount this as an epic prank yet.

Hundreds of thousands of viewers have been watching the zoo's livefeed daily for weeks, so this would be a massive prank if so. This can't just be an innocent #GiraffeWatch phenomenon.

Not to mention the Harpursville, New York-based Animal Adventure Park, which is closed for its off-season, has been raking it in. They now have sponsors -- notice the Toys R Us logo on the bottom of the stream. And the "learn how to sponsor" button on their dedicated April the Giraffe website. Different companies are vying for a spot on the boring as hell spellbinding video that everyone is glued to.

The April Fools theory's premise is simple: April isn't pregnant. We've been watching this feed for nothing. April Fools! April totally got you!

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So there's that. Except Wednesday the zoo gave an update that made it sounds like April's delivery day could soon be upon us. Maybe. The team posted on Facebook that they couldn't confirm active labor, but "we do have discharge that would suggest the count down to calf has begun! Mammary development is on point."

It's all about that mammary development, which the park graphically photographed for everyone. You're welcome.

The vet and her caretakers are on standby (duh), but they said it could still be a matter of hours or days.

This isn't the first conspiracy theory April has sparked. With so many viewers' eyes glued on a small zoo's giraffe pen since February many have suggested this is all just a social experiment, a fake video on loop, or the now-famous trolling incident about whether April would give birth to an egg or a calf.

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The best outcome would be if she gave birth to a calf on April Fools' Day. Please let that happen.

UPDATE Mar. 30 5:24 p.m. PT:

Stephen Donnelly, a spokesman for the zoo, wanted to dispel any rumors and theories about April's pregnancy as a big April Fools' Day prank.

"April is definitely pregnant," he said in a phone call Thursday. "She's going to give birth anytime here very soon." Like everyone else, Donnelly said he just doesn't know when exactly this birth is going to happen.