Video: Australian Zoo shows off baby rhinos
The activities of the new week-old white rhino fluttered after his mother, recorded at the Taronga Western Plains zoo in Dubbo, Australia.
Rhino baby was born on 14/5 and has not been named by the zoo. It was only a week old but it weighed 50kg.
White rhino or rhino square lip (Ceratotherium simum) is one of five surviving rhino species and is one of the very few large herbivores that still exist. This species is distinguished from the black rhino in the mouth shape. They often have wide mouths to nibble on lots of grass. They have a sharp hump on the back of their neck to hold the big head. Each leg of the white rhino has three fingers.
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