Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 13:42 GMT
New white rhino appears in public
A baby white rhino has made his first public appearance with his mother at a Bedfordshire zoo.
The unnamed calf, born on 28 December, weighs about 45-50kg and was born after a 500-day gestation period.
He is the third calf born to mother Nwana and the 54th African white born at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable.
The two-horned white is the largest of the five species of rhino. It has a distinctive hump of ligaments on its neck to support the weight of its head.
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