A video of a mama rhino giving birth to a newborn baby who was up and charging minutes after coming into this world, has gone viral on the internet. Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sudha Ramen captured this precious moment and shared it on social media.
While posting the video, the IFS officer said it is rare to see a rhino giving birth to a baby. The caption of the video shared on the micro-blogging site twitter read, "It's a rare to get sight such precious moments. A new life, after 16 to 18 months of gestation."
'The multiple threats for its survival has made these critically endangered species as a population that needs highest protection & conservation, the caption shared by Ramen further read.
The video was originally shared by Wildfriends Africa on Twitter.
Since being posted on the social media the video has garnered 105.8k views and several comments.
One of the user after watching the video wrote, "Indeed rare to get sight such rarest occasions. Natural calving system is well placed in animals. Abnormality may lead to mortality in animal kingdom."
"Such a adorable moment. Thank You for sharing this. Wishing the new born a very Happy and healthy life," wrote another user.
A third wrote "Yes. Beauty of Life, Help in saving Life. It's Creative in Nature. Making Life and world Beautiful."
"What pains for lovely gains. Noted how the mama rhino turned to nurse the baby rhino, wrote a fourth."