Singapore Zoo welcomes new baby white rhino

The Singapore Zoo recently celebrated the birth of its 13th white rhino named Jumaane.

Jumaane, which means "born on Tuesday", arrived on April 10 this year, which of course, was a Tuesday.
He was undoubtedly one of the biggest bundles of joy Singapore Zoo has welcomed to date, weighing in at approximately 70kg at birth.

Baby Jumaane can be seen rolling around in the mud in his exhibit at the Wild Africa region of the Zoo.
His mother, Shova is always close by though, keeping a watchful eye on her baby.
White rhinos are considered near threatened in the wild on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened species.

They are hunted for their horns, which some believe as having medicinal properties.

However, there has been no scientific evidence to suggest that their horns are a cure for anything as they are actually made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails.

Singapore Zoo boasts the most number of white rhinos bred in a single zoo in Southeast Asia, with eight of these majestic creatures in its collection.

Of the 13 babies born here, some have been sent to Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and Korea as part of the Zoo's ex-situ conservation efforts through its worldwide exchange programme.