Berlin Zoo A son for Jhansi!

[Nisha]

Sorry if this has already been posted but Indian Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) Jhansi gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Sunday 17th January.

Your morning adorable: Indian rhinoceros calf nuzzles his mother at the Berlin Zoo | L.A. Unleashed | Los Angeles Times

 

[Tomek]

But this was at Tierpark Berlin, not at Berlin Zoo.

 

[Tomek]

Tierpark Berlin / ERLEBEN / Aktuelles / News

 

[Jola]

It's so cute! It was born at Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde, its father Yohda is from Zoo Berlin.

This is the rhino baby, 2 days old, on Jan 19, 2010

 

[kiang]

Who originally came from Chester, after being born at Whipsnade.

 

[Nisha]

Who originally came from Chester, after being born at Whipsnade.

Is this calf half brother to the late Patna then?

 

[Jola]

Jhansi is Patna's grandma (his mother is Betty, Jhansi's very first child).

 

[MARK]

Indian rhino babies are always so cute

 

[taun]

Indian rhino babies are always so cute

They are, and definitely more so than the other rhino species. I wonder why?

 

[Jola]

They are, and definitely more so than the other rhino species. I wonder why?

Maybe indian rhino babies fit the "small child pattern" ("Kindchenschema") more than babies of other rhino species.