This is the incredible moment a critically endangered baby rhino gets up on her feet just minutes after being born at Chester Zoo.
Eastern black rhino Ema Elsa gave birth to the newborn following a 15-month-long pregnancy as zoo keepers watched on the CCTV cameras.
The little one can be seen up on her feet and suckling from her mum just 10 minutes later.
Chester Zoo is now asking animal lovers to help choose whether the baby rhino should be named Kasulu, Koshi or Kaari.
According to keepers at the zoo, the rare rhino's birth will be celebrated globally.
Experts say a surge in demand for illegal rhino horn, stemming from the Asian medicine market, is driving the species towards extinction.
Andrew McKenzie, team manager of rhinos at Chester Zoo, said: “The birth of a critically endangered eastern black rhino is always very special.
“And to be able to watch on camera as a calf is born is an incredible privilege – with rhino numbers so, so low it, sadly, isn’t something that’s captured very often.
“Seeing the little one then get to her feet with a gentle nudge from mum; take her first tentative steps and suckle for the first time is then the icing on the cake.”
The eastern black rhino is listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as critically endangered.
In the wild, they are now found only in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda and fewer than 1,000 remain on the planet.
The zoo said mum and calf have bonded "wonderfully" and have been showing "all of the right signs".
“These rhinos have been pushed to the very edge of existence and every single addition to the European endangered species breeding programme is celebrated globally,” Mr McKenzie said.
