Photo: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The theme park, which is based in Bay Lake, Florida welcomed an adorable white rhino calf to the family this week.
The new arrival marks the third white rhino calf born at the park in the last 13 months, according to Dr. Mark Penning, Vice President of Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment, who shared thehappy newson Instagram. Making the calf’s birth even more exciting, white rhinos are an endangered species.
At this time, however, the sex of the little one is unknown.
Explaining the reason, Penning shared: “It is important to give mom Lola and her newborn ample time to nurse and bond backstage, so the calf’s sex and weight might not be known for some time.”
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Eventually, the newborn will make its way toAnimal Kingdom’s Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction.
Guests can spot white rhinos and black rhinos at the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction and on theWild Africa TrekatDisney’s Animal Kingdom park.
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This year, the theme park also shared news of other exciting animal births.
In May, guests got to witness Heidi the Hartmann’s mountain zebragive birth to her foal. The newborn weighed in at a healthy 65 pounds and stood up on his hooves minutes after entering the world.
A few months later, Disney Park’s Animal Kingdomwelcomed two other babies back to back. A Nile hippopotamus calf was born on July 12 and a western lowland gorilla followed on July 13.
source: people.com
