Looking as playful as any spring lamb, this baby rhino bounds ahead of his mother's heavy footsteps.
Safari tour guide Robyn Bamber, 23, captured photos of the youngster leaping and posing for the camera on a tourist trip in the South African bush.
The 42kg calf jumped, span and kicked, then charged at Miss Bamber and guests, as his 1.8ton mother looked on proudly.
CHAAAAAAAARGE!!!! An adorable rhino calf practises charging at a group of tourists on a safari tour in the bush of South Africa
You couldn't plan that: Safari tour guide Robyn Bamber, 23, captured photos of the youngster leaping and posing for the camera on a trip in the St Lucia, South Africa
Come on now: He came as close as about 1.5m from the truck, giving a little snort of pride at astonished tourists
Why do youngsters always wander off... Miss Bamber spotted the rhinos at the end of a half-day game drive safari for Heritage Tours & Safaris in St Lucia, South Africa
'Mum, watch this': The rhino calf spins on his back legs as he frolics in the South African sun
As playful as a spring lamb: But white rhinos are born weighing between 40 and 65kg. This one was estimated at around 42kg
He came as close as about 1.5m from the truck, giving a little snort of pride at astonished tourists before turning tail and disappearing off into the wilderness.
Miss Bamber spotted the rhinos at the end of a half-day game drive safari for Heritage Tours & Safaris in St Lucia, South Africa.
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She said: 'At first sight the little rhino had me in awe, then shortly after scrambling for my camera. He had guests and myself all entertained and laughing.
'The female rhino started to make her way up the road away from us with the little rhino racing ahead. Then, as if to say, "Mum watch this", the little rhino came charging straight towards us.'
Do we have to go? South Africa is thought to have a population of around 16,225 rhinos living in the wild, but loses more than two a day to poaching
Let's play a little while longer: Rhinos have two horns, the foremost of which is far more prominent than the rear, that have been known to grow up to five feet long
Endangered: The white rhino once roamed across sub-Saharan Africa but, due to poaching, significant populations are now restricted to the continent's southern tip
Got the horn: In many Asian countries there is a massive demand for rhino horns because of folk medicine which claims it is an aphrodisiac
Rhinos have two horns, the foremost of which is far more prominent than the rear, that have been known to grow up to five feet long. Both males and females use their horns as weapons: the former in courtship battles and against attackers, the latter to protect their young.
It is these horns which have been their downfall, with many killed for their hard, hair-like growths. In many Asian countries there is a massive demand for rhino horns because of folk medicine which claims it is an aphrodisiac.
In North Africa and the Middle East the horns are prized as handles for ornamental daggers.
The white rhino once roamed much of sub-Saharan Africa, but today is on the verge of extinction with significant populations now limited to South Africa. Still, the country, which has around 16,225 individuals in the wild, loses more than two rhinos a day due to poaching.
White rhinos are born weighing between 40 and 65kg. A fully grown female can weigh between 1,400-1,700kg, and males a whopping 2,000-3,600kg.