Pattaya Khao Kheow Open Zoo welcomes first baby white rhino

[snoop1130]

 

Khao Khew Open Zoo welcomed the first baby white rhino to the family today, November 11th.

 

Tewin Rattanawongsawat, the zoo’s director, revealed that Khao Khew Open Zoo is proud to present its first white rhino baby to the public, adding the sixth member to the white rhino family at the zoo.

 

The new rhino baby was a male born to the 8-year-old mother “Grittji” and the 17-year-old father “Zoody.” The baby is under close monitoring by veterinarians, although he is in good health and strong.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/11/pattaya-khao-kheow-open-zoo-welcomes-first-baby-white-rhino/

 

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[chickenslegs]

From the linked article ...

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The white rhino is named so because of its distinct gray color.

No.

"White rhinoceros is taken from the Afrikaans word describing its mouth: “wyd”, meaning “wide”. Early English settlers misinterpreted the “wyd” for “white”. It is also sometimes called the square-lipped rhinoceros."

https://rhinos.org/about-rhinos/rhino-species/white-rhino/

 

I learned this at school over 50 years ago - and some people say that schools never teach us anything useful.

[HappyinNE]

Schools taught useful things in the past.

[ThailandRyan]

Damn I thought I was the only White Rhino.....my nickname Rhinoman....

[Jaybott]

There's a lot of white RINOS in the USA.

[steven100]

1 minute ago, Jaybott said:

There's a lot of white RINOS in the USA.

There's a lot down on the beach in Pattaya some days.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, steven100 said:

There's a lot down on the beach in Pattaya some days.

A Rhino is big and strong, your thinking of the domesticated Albino Hippopotamus's I am afraid.

Edited November 12, 2022 by ThailandRyan