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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 09:40 PM Aug 2016

Israeli zoo welcomes newborn white rhino

Source: Jerusalem Post

Female Tanda this week gave birth to a male calf at the Ramat Gan safari park zoo near Tel Aviv.

RAMAT GAN, Israel - A wildlife park in Israel is celebrating a new arrival for one of its species - a baby white rhino.

Female Tanda this week gave birth to a male calf at the Ramat Gan safari park zoo near Tel Aviv.

"She is nursing him and taking very good care of him," said Gali Berkovich, an enrichment coordinator and animal trainer at the park.



Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-zoo-welcomes-newborn-white-rhino-465954

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Israeli zoo welcomes newborn white rhino (Original Post) Little Tich Aug 2016 OP
Thank you for posting Lulu KC Aug 2016 #1
May they both be healthy and live to a very old age. Amazing beings, and so rare. Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #2
How adorable!!! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #4
Found an image of the little one BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #5
ahhh... sweet little guy liberalla Aug 2016 #6
k&r Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #3

Judi Lynn

(160,501 posts)
2. May they both be healthy and live to a very old age. Amazing beings, and so rare.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:04 PM
Aug 2016

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This is a baby Sumatran rhino, "Andatu." [/center]
(I can't find any photos of Tanda and son which will transfer to a post.)

liberalla

(9,234 posts)
6. ahhh... sweet little guy
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 08:24 PM
Aug 2016

may he be healthy and grow old, and also be safe and happy. i hope he gets some good friends around him, too.

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