[新聞] 黑犀牛誕B 情深陪學行

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犀牛母女舐犢情深。

【本報綜合報道】澳洲新南威爾士省一個動物園內的黑犀牛，上周誕下犀牛寶寶。園方近日在社交網公開閉路電視拍攝的犀牛母女生活片段，當中可見犀牛寶寶在母親陪伴下，慢慢學習步行的可愛畫面，讓網民見證小犀牛踏出生命的一大步。

塔朗加西部平原動物園飼養的黑犀牛巴吉達（Bakhita），上月底誕下雌性犀牛寶寶。片段中剛出生不久的小犀牛在母親附近，嘗試用四肢平衡身軀不果跌倒在沙地上。巴吉達見狀立即上前，鼓勵女兒再次站起。小犀牛最後奮力爬起來，並拖着搖曳的步伐跟在母親身邊緩緩步行。

動物園管理人員透露，這是巴吉達第4次做母親，形容今次誕下的幼犀牛意義重大，因為牠是去年不幸離世的公犀牛寬扎（Kwanzaa）的最後血脈。巴吉達母女估計要在數月後才會重返犀牛園區。黑犀牛已被列為瀕危物種，全球野生黑犀牛只餘不足6,000隻。

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Adorable baby rhino takes its first wobbly steps in Australian zoo



A rare rhino calf has taken her first wobbly steps under the watchful eye of her mother in adorable footage from a zoo in Australia.

The critically endangered black rhino calf was born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, NSW, during the early hours of February 24. The newborn was filmed standing next to her mother Bakhita in the Zoo's behind-the-scenes calving yard later that day.