Zookeepers delighted after calf born during daylight, allowing for moment to be captured on film
A zoo is celebrating the birth of an eastern black rhino, one of the world’s rarest mammals, with the moment captured on film.
Chester zoo said Zuri the rhino and her female calf had been inseparable since the arrival.
The calf’s birth at 2.45pm on 12 November after Zuri’s 15-month pregnancy was unusual in that it took place in daylight, which allowed keepers to film it happening.
The zoo’s rhino team manager, Emma Evison, said the birth had been eagerly awaited. She said: “It’s quite unusual for a rhino to give birth in daylight hours, we really didn’t expect it to happen right in front of us as we were going about our day.
