Cuteness Overload With This Rare Rhino Baby Having A Run Around

Newborn Rhino Is Having A Run Around

This greater one-horned rhino calf is just cuteness overload! A new arrival for Chester Zoo. Running around like crazy and headbutting his mum. Also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros the baby was born at the Chester Zoo, Cheshire England at around 6pm on 3rd of May 2018. It is a male and they named him Akeno, meaning “beautiful sunrise”.  Asha his 11 year old mum, had a 16 month pregnancy and only a 20-minute labour. The dad Beni is separated from these two, presumably for safety reasons.  In the video, at first he is sharing a meal with his mother, a tree branch. After his breakfast he seemed full of energy, running around and having these little cute outbursts. He is quite a hand full, but mom Asha look as if she is taking it all in her stride.  It’s is so cute, watching him run backwards and forwards to mom, having that little headbutt with her , just so he is close to her. When Akeno finds a little bit of grass, he shakes it about so that it flies through the air. When the bit of grass comes down again, he seems to jump in surprise. 

The folded skin of these Rhinos look like armour plating and did you see those little ears? Aren’t they just the best, wiggling like that? The greater one horned rhino is listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Akeno is a big boost to the threatened species breeding programme. Did you know :  a calf can drink 20-30 litres of milk per day and grows by 1-2 kg daily! They are excellent swimmers and can even dive!



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