The Most Excited Baby Rhino Ever!

This heart-melting moment of an excited baby rhino was captured by 37-year-old International Shipping Business Owner, Darren Sheer, while on Safari with his family.

“While on a game drive their ranger saw a mom and baby rhino in the distance. The ranger stopped the safari vehicle on the gravel road -quite a distance from the two rhino and waited for the rhinos to come closer.”

“The mom and baby were slowly walking down the gravel road, when all of a sudden the baby rhino got super excited and started running up and down – coming quite close to the safari vehicle and then running back to its mom.”

“After all that excitement, the mom and baby walked through some mud puddles and off into the distance.” Darren was grateful to be able to see this very rare and special moment. His advice to others is to sit back and enjoy any moment like this – make sure you capture the moment with your own eyes and not only through a lens.”

“For Darren and his family, it was a heart-melting moment and was almost like watching a new puppy find its feet.”



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[gabe-poyi]

Loved how he kept going back to mom to make sure she was coming, in case he needed backup.

[edl]

I love how he keeps running back to check with mom.

[licksnkicks]

Such a happy baby. Bright and so bouncy. Just loving life!

[msidhu]

All kids have that much energy till they start going to school

[patiencecole]

That baby is excited to check out something new but a little hesitant too. It looks like it runs back & forth to mom to try & rush her. Like "Hurry up mom, come see what I found". Made my day!

[katemoon]

What a beautiful animal. So sweet to see a joyful toddler frolicking and being playful. I'm smiling.😄

[alancosta]

No matter what kind of kid is, they have always most energy than possible

[karoonboomie]

Omg that is so precious, when he hop-running then stops run-hops back to mom, then back to humans, way to cute!!!! What a great Mama, looks experienced too especially when she casually leads her baby into the brush to disappear.

[jamesaron]

So cute it's ridiculous. Like a puppy.

[Sunthaz]

Huh, wasn't expecting the rhino mother to be so chill about its calf being so close to humans.

[patriciaorlando]

Oh WOW what a super cute baby rhino. I love the way he runs back to mum. He is beautiful. Rhinos are beautiful big or small and are unique looking that need protecting. Thank you for sharing this video .

[marymiller]

Baby is having so much fun and I am having so much fun watching the baby's joy playing. ❤️

[KatherineUribe-]

Cutest, sweetest, fastest baby rhino ever! Running back and forth while mama rhino walks slowly on the road. 💕🦏🦏💕

[ancient]

0:19 He just went back to take permission
Mama rhino is a good mother, Baby has good manners

[caroljohnson]

How wonderful!! Watching this makes my heart sing! I love you little rhino! May God protect you and your family

[eligebrown]

Its good to see there are humans that some animals can feel safe to be around.

[issakadowsheikh]

The reassurance of the mother is what's all about the baby's excitement

[GaryEvans-ltpn]

A curious baby and a chilled mom wow .

[codyerickson]

You’ll notice that the mom has her horn shaved down. And it doesn’t harm the rhinos at all, as their horns are made of keratin (which is what our hair and nails are made out of) so it’ll regrow over time. This is done by park rangers to prevent rhinos from being killed by poachers who want their horns.

[yersiniapestis]

Those baby rhino zoomies are like bunny hops. Very different from mom's slow walk one foot after another.