00:00A rare and joyful event at England's Coastworld Wildlife Park, where a new white rhinoceros calf is captivating visitors.
00:09The newborn named Marcus is one of the only five rare calves born in Europe this entire year.
00:15In a special moment, a park keeper captured the bath on camera, a rare sight as these events usually happen under cover of darkness.
00:24The calf's mother, Nancy, carried him for 16 months, one of the longest gestation periods of any land mammal.
00:32The park says she is proving to be an exceptional mom to her seventh calf.
00:37The little rhino is named in honor of the late Marcus Burna, a pioneer in restoring Tanzania's black rhino population.
00:45While the white rhinos are the most common of the five rhino species, the park notes that poaching over the last five years continues to threaten their survival in the wild,
00:57making this new life a significant symbol of hope for the species.
01:01The little rhino species.
01:01The little rhino species.
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