At first glimpse, it looks different ! ~ not the ones, we
have in mind !!
Adelaide is the
capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-largest city of
Australia. Named in honour of Adelaide
of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in
1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in
Australia. Colonel William Light, one of
Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to
the River Torrens, in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people.
In 2008, Virender
Sehwag hit a blistering 151 at Adelaide denying Australia a victory. Cricket has been played at Adelaide for too
long – since 1884, it has hosted International cricket test every summer along
with many One dayers…. Monarto Zoological Park
is administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia.
Monarto, is approx. 70 kilometres (43
mi) from the Adelaide city centre. It features several unique attractions, including
a drive through cheetah habitat, a southern white rhinoceros habitat, and
Australia's largest giraffe herd.
The white
rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest
extant species of rhinoceros. There is
another species – the northern
subspecies has very few remaining, with only four confirmed individuals left
–one of them is Sudan, on whom I had posted one recently highlighting Rohit
Sharma’s visit to Kenya and supporting the project. At
42, Sudan is old – one to have
lived in captivity and his age beginning
to show. When Sudan was born in 1972,
there were more than 1000 of his ilk
roaming the jungles of Central Africa ~now they are reduced to less than
fingers in hand.
A popular theory of
the origins of the name "white rhinoceros" is a mistranslation from
Dutch to English. The English word "white" is said to have been
derived by mistranslation of the Dutch word "wijd", which means
"wide" in English. The word "wide" refers to the width of
the rhinoceros' mouth. An alternative
name for the white rhinoceros, more accurate but rarely used, is the
square-lipped rhinoceros ~and the birth of a new adorable white rhino at
Monarto zoo is the subject matter of this post.
The Zoo news and
other press report of a southern white
rhinoceros calf being born in the Monarto zoo, Adelaide. The female rhino calf, who is yet to be
named, was born in the early hours of Saturday at the open-range Monarto Zoo,
south-east of Adelaide. Zookeeper Haidee
Kinter said the birth represented hope for the long-term survival of the
endangered mammals. 'Everyone's thrilled
to welcome the new calf to the Monarto rhino crash - it's especially exciting
for zookeepers to see the animals they care for healthy, happy and breeding,'
Ms Kinter said.
'It's hard not to
fall in love with these amazing animals.' Poaching of the southern white rhinos
has been on the rise in their natural habitat, South Africa, with more than
1,200 killed in the region in the past year. 'We must increase our efforts to
safeguard and breed rhinos in protected places like zoos and wildlife
sanctuaries,' Ms Kinter said.
Zoo authorities
report that the mother and daughter will remain in a private area of the rhino
facility until she has reached a sociable age.
The zoo hopes to increase their efforts to safeguard and breed southern
white rhinos in protected places like
these wildlife sanctuaries.
Visitors are
expected to be able to see the calf at Monarto Zoo, which is home to six other
southern whites, in the coming weeks. The zoo's crash - the collective noun for
a group of rhinos - also consists of two bull males, Satara and Ibutho, two
adult females, Umqali and Uhura, and juvenile female Kibibi. The zoo is also
expecting the birth of two baby chimpanzees before the end of October.
The new born rhinos
can range between 40 to 60 kg in weight, while adult females can grow to 1,800
to 2,000 kg. This new calf born to Umqali is the star attraction as of now.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
22nd
Sept. 2015.
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