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Miss Hardwick, one of Great Adventure's female giraffes, gave birth in front of guests to the safari on April 14, 1982.  Those driving through the safari "hoorayed and applauded" when the baby boy giraffe rose to his feet and partially walked to the giraffe barns with his mother.  The newborn giraffe was named Asbury, because an Asbury Park Press reporter observed the birth along with guests on the safari's roadway.  His mother, Miss Hardwick, was named after the company that originally developed GA (Hardwick Companies, Inc.).