Baby Rhino Rejected By Her Mother, Will Be Brought Up By Zookeepers - pic

[Kadie]

awwwww.....



Babies just won't sleep in their own room: A four-day-old female rhino baby lies between two keepers in her indoor enclosure in the zoo of Muenster, Germany. She was rejected by her mother, Emmi, and will be brought up by the zookeepers.

Photo: Clemens Bilan / AFP / Getty Images

http://www.sfgate.com/

[rubberducky]

1. That looks like one very lucky little rhino!

[roguevalley]

38. I wanna be Nana. How sweet is that?

[NV Whino]

2. And I thought the cats took up too much room in bed

[Kadie]

15. LOL

:hi:

[Solly Mack]

3. Happy giggles

May she thrive & grow big and strong.

[Kadie]

16. Looks like she will get a lot of love and attention.

:hi:

[havocmom]

4. such dedicated people at most zoos

:loveya: all those who help raise endangered animals and share them with us in hopes we will love them too, and help with policies that will protect habitat.

:loveya: all those who do the real work of protecting habitat and finding ways to help people/animals coexist.

[lunatica]

5. I hope she makes it and grows up big and strong

[HopeHoops]

6. "He'll get bigger!"

"Yeah, but what if he's on OUR side?"

"Pth, that's the dumbest thing I've ever - Hey, I've got an idea. What if he's on OUR side?"

"So, can we KEEP HIM?"

[HopeHoops]

7. I hope they aren't expecting that woman to nurse it!

Those things have some NASTY ass chompers!

[TwilightGardener]

8. Poor little thing! Glad she has company.

[flamingdem]

9. I hear that Germans have interesting "preferences"

Just kidding!

[Beaverhausen]

10. Poor baby. I have seen how loving some mama Rhinos can be

these zookeepers rock and I send good wishes to this little Rhino. :loveya:

[Turbineguy]

11. National Enquirer:

Zookeepers raised by baby rhino!

[Gabi Hayes]

12. another love story from the animal kingdom

my co worker's daughter owns this hissing cockroach, who's grown very attached to its ranine housemate

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. ew

[Kadie]

26. Nice Pet! LOL!

He really seems to like his froggy.

:rofl:

[Gabi Hayes]

29. she also has a six inch, or so, millipede. trying to fix them up, but the bug seems

smitten by froggy

[RagAss]

13. I see three sentient beings. Two of which have a unique understanding ....

that they share this sentience equally with the third.

[loudsue]

14. Spoonin' with a baby rhino.

:loveya: I never thought I'd see the day. K & R

[greenbriar]

17. that is so cute

wonder why moma rejected it

[Kadie]

18. Looks like her mother had a history. She killed two of her calves in the past.

Move Over Knut - Make Way for Baby Rhino
Baby Rhino Being Hand-Reared in German Zoo
September 23, 2009

snip...
According to zoo staff, the 18-year old herbivore had already killed two of her calves in the past, and had shown signs of nervousness and aggression during the birth on Sunday too. "Emmi kept pushing the little rhino into a corner," said biologist Dirk Wewers of Münster Zoo. "We decided to intervene after four minutes."


more...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/baby-rhino-raised-german-zoo/story?id=8647776

[Doremus]

19. Makes you wonder why they'd keep inseminating it then.

If that's how it got preggers that is.

Is this a money-making enterprise, i.e. selling the offspring?

Why else impregnate an animal that has already proven it won't be a capable mother?

[lukasahero]

20. Probably just for the gene pool

Rhino populations are hurting so if they can get a healthy baby rhino from a mother who hasn't already contributed to the gene pool, it increases viability of the entire pool.

[lunatica]

24. To keep the species alive

Zoos are becoming the principal gene pools in the world. They're keeping species alive and healthy where many of the animals are suffering in the wild due to habitat destruction and poaching. Rhinos are particularly poached for their horns, like elephants are for their tusks.

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. That's job dedication! wonder why 2 zookeepers are needed?

[immoderate]

25. In case the rhino rolls over.

--imm

[tomm2thumbs]

23. awwwwwwww - now everyone is gonna go buy their kids a baby rhino

heheheh j/k
thanks for posting

[BlooInBloo]

27. Cheaper to just get the chimpanzee substitute tiger-mom....

:P

[Kadie]

28. That's a whole lotta cuteness in that picture!

Adorable.
Thanks for posting.

:hi:

[Gabi Hayes]

31. hey! hows come you didn't mention the Cness word in post 26?

kinda bums me

and my friends

[Kadie]

33. ummm.... well....

ok. The affection he has for the frog is very, very cute.

How is that? :D

:hide:

[BlooInBloo]

32. Don't click on the following, unless you want to die of cuteness overload....

http://primatology.net/2008/10/13/anjana-the-chimpanzees-bond-with-two-white-tigers/

[Kadie]

34. Oh....

That is so sweet! The tigers looks so content and the chimpanzee looks so happy!

[BlooInBloo]

35. I wonder what it is that makes mothers abandon their young like that ocassionally. Do you know?

[Kadie]

37. I have no idea.

It is so beautiful to watch other animals step in and take care of the young. I remember, when I was a child, we had a cat that abandon her kittens. She just walked away. Wanted nothing to do with them. Our other cat, her mother (who had just had a mis-carriage) took over taking care of the kitties. I remember being so angry with the cat for not taking care of her babies. But, I also remember how happy it made the other cat to take care of her grandkids. LOL!

[BuyingThyme]

30. How can I get a job like that?

And do I have to use a child's sleeping bag?

[flvegan]

36. Something...in my eye.

Excuse me.

[bridgit]

39. Poor little home skillet I hope she does alright, that pic is awesome thanks for posting

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