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What a relief! Mother white rhino gives birth to rare baby at Whipsnade Zoo after mammoth 487-day pregnancy

A rare white rhino has been born at a British zoo.

Nandi, which means sweet one in Zulu, was born at 4am on August 21 at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo to mum Tuli and dad Sizzle.

Team leader Mark Holden said: 'We are overjoyed to be welcoming such a precious addition to our crash of southern white rhinos at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.'

Zookeepers had been monitoring the hormone levels of 14-year-old Tuli so they were prepared for Nandi's arrival after a pregnancy lasting 487 days.

Nandi, which means sweet one in Zulu, was born at 4am on August 21 at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo to mum Tuli and dad Sizzle. She will continue her development behind closed doors so is not yet ready for visitors to view

Nandi, which means sweet one in Zulu, was born at 4am on August 21 at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo to mum Tuli and dad Sizzle. She will continue her development behind closed doors so is not yet ready for visitors to view

Mr Holden said: 'Southern white rhinos are born with over-sized, rubbery feet, which they have to 'grow into', so Nandi is understandably wobbly when she walks.

'Rhino calves spend most of their first week or two resting and drinking milk, but over the next few weeks she'll grow, and as she does she'll get more playful and confident in exploring her huge enclosure here.'

Nandi will now join an endangered species breeding programme for white rhinos.

There are only about 20,000 southern white rhinos left in the wild because of poaching and habitat loss.

Nandi will continue her development behind closed doors so is not yet ready for visitors to view.

Nandi will now join an endangered species breeding programme for white rhinos. There are only about 20,000 southern white rhinos left in the wild because of poaching and habitat loss

Nandi will now join an endangered species breeding programme for white rhinos. There are only about 20,000 southern white rhinos left in the wild because of poaching and habitat loss

Team leader Mark Holden said: 'We are overjoyed to be welcoming such a precious addition to our crash of southern white rhinos at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo'

Team leader Mark Holden said: 'We are overjoyed to be welcoming such a precious addition to our crash of southern white rhinos at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo'

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