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Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

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The female rhino was born in the night quarters adjacent to their 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain. The October 2004 birth of Mlaleni and Tambo’s first calf, Malaika, marked the first white rhino birth in the adventure park’s history. white, 9 and 3 black). and around the world.

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes a baby white rhinoceros!

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes its seventh baby white rhino since 2004. The adorable baby, a female, will join other rhinos in the 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain. Busch Gardens has celebrated a total of seventh white rhino births since October 2004.

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Rhino Birds

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A close encounter with a couple of White Rhinos gave me a good opportunity to get a proper look at some Red-billed Ox-peckers Buphagus Erythrorhynchus that often accompany them. The Black Rhino is a browser with a hooked upper lip. In fact it is widely thought that they prefer blood to bugs. Look for the eponymous wide lips.

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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White Rhino lifespan is 40 to 50 years, but I am wondering if “my” rhino is still alive? Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons. My eyes will be returning to the lonely acacia next to a waterhole, trying to spot a large shadow in the sunset. Conservation Africa Mammals poaching South Africa'

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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

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Also, the lake is the most reliable place for both Black and White Rhinos in the whole of East Africa. Roger Tory Peterson called it “the most fabulous bird spectacle in the world”. Large numbers of Palearctic waders winter at Nakuru or use the site on passage.

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Busch Gardens’ Baby Cheetah Gets a New Puppy Pal

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Busch Gardens supports the conservation of and education about cheetahs through the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, which has donated nearly $100,000 to cheetah efforts in Africa since 2005 and also helps fund conservation programs for white rhinos, marine animals and many other species around the world.

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