Vienna: Rhino nilgai & Friendship

Posted by Jola

The Indian rhinos Sundari Jang and inhabit the grounds, together with axis deer, goats, deer, antelope and nilgai antelope. Nilgai achieve kg a shoulder height of up to 140 cm and a weight of up to 300th

Nilgau im Nashorn-Park im Tiergarten Schönbrunn, 23. Februar 2010

Nilgai in the rhino park in the Vienna Zoo, 23 February 2010

Rhino bull Jang makes the roommates usually at rest, the 6-year-old Sundari scares on the other hand, they often. With the large nilgai lay Sundari has also time and again. But this week was everything else!

Sundi nibbling away at the trunks, licked from every possible ...

Sundari, 23 February 2010

And then, I could not believe my eyes. When Sundi saw a nilgai, they marched out with his ears pricked at her. I thought there would be another tussle between the two since. But no, the nilgai have remained calm and settled by the Nashornmädl lick the back and neck herumknabbern:

This "friendship" between the rhinoceros and nilgai is likely to be something unique ...

(Photos & Videos: J. Belik)

Tags: unique, friendship, nilgai, Sundari

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