Mildly cheerful news

[heliopausa]

Two Southern White Rhinos have been born at a safari park/zoo in Vietnam.  :)
https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/features/20190505/rarity-two-white-rhinos-successfully-delivered-in-vietnam/49886.html

They were actually born a couple of weeks back, but I guess their keepers/carers wanted to be absolutely sure that all was well with birth and post-birth and bonding and suckling, before making the announcement.

It's the Northern White Rhino which is on the verge of actual extinction, of course, but the Southern is endangered enough that two more successful births are good news.  Also, the news story noted that "the mother rhinos stayed within one meter of the baby rhinos most of the time. Meanwhile, the two calves themselves would not stop running around the playground, giving their mothers quite a tough time to catch up", which was a picture I found very endearing.

Comments

[sovay]

Two Southern White Rhinos have been born at a safari park/zoo in Vietnam.

That is cool!

"the mother rhinos stayed within one meter of the baby rhinos most of the time. Meanwhile, the two calves themselves would not stop running around the playground, giving their mothers quite a tough time to catch up", which was a picture I found very endearing.

Aw.

[philippos42]

Whoa!

[marmota_b]

If I didn't know better, this post would have made me think you were Coneycat, whose Housemates universe I very much enjoy and which features rhinoceroses rather significantly...
:-)