Rhino calf born in four minutes

Published date16 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The southern white rhino calf, who tipped the scales and weighed in at 4kg, was born on March 7 at Whipsnade Zoo to mother Jaseera, who was pregnant with the calf for 16 months, and father Sizzle

Within two hours of being born, the male calf started to take his first wobbly steps with his 13-year-old mother close by. Rhino keeper Mark Holden said: "Southern white rhinos are born with over-sized, rubbery feet, which they 'grow into', so the calf was understandably quite wobbly when he first started to walk.

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