Goat, Baby Rhino Make Odd Couple (Goat 'adopts' baby rhino...Warning! Extreme Cuteness Alert!)

NBC 5 ^ | March 2, 2005

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Goat, Baby Rhino Make Odd Couple

Rhino's Mother Killed By Poachers

 

POSTED: 7:15 am CST March 2, 2005

UPDATED: 7:19 am CST March 2, 2005

 

KRUGERSDORP, South Africa -- An adult goat at a nature preserve has adopted a baby rhinoceros whose mother was killed by poachers.

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  Keepers at the preserve, which is 30 minutes northwest of Johannesburg, said that when the baby rhino arrived, he was lost until he spied a goat through the fence on a neighboring farm.

  The goat came up to the rhino and they seemed communicate through the fence. The rest is history.

  The rhino follows the goat wherever she goes and the goat looks out for the baby rhino.

  The rhino's name is "Clover" and the goat is named "Bok-Bok."

  Their friendship will not last long. As soon as Clover stops requiring milk, it will be moved to the adult rhino area, without Bok-Bok.

 

An adult goat at a nature preserve has adopted a baby rhinoceros whose mother was killed by poachers.

 

Keepers at the preserve, which is 30 minutes northwest of Johannesburg, said that when the baby rhino arrived, he was lost until he spied a goat through the fence on a neighboring farm.

 

The goat came up to the rhino and they seemed communicate through the fence. The rest is history.

 

The rhino follows the goat wherever she goes and the goat looks out for the baby rhino.

 

The rhino's name is "Clover" and the goat is named "Bok-Bok."

 

Their friendship will not last long. As soon as Clover stops requiring milk, it will be moved to the adult rhino area, without Bok-Bok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sinanju]

From what I've read, the much-maligned chinese apothecarys account for very little of the total. It is our dear Arab friend who use the most rhino horn (in decorative dagger handles).

[WestCoastGal]

This was a cute story that I'm using to post two pics that I took yesterday near Fredericksburg, Texas. The goat reminded me of our discussion about goat cheese & tomatoes awhile ago!!

[Calpernia]

Where are the tomatoes and mozzarelli I asked you to pick up for me at the store?

:-)