{"id":110909,"date":"2025-12-28T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/110909\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T07:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:55:35","slug":"baby-rhinos-first-steps-at-fresno-zoo-are-too-precious-for-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/110909\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Rhino\u2019s First Steps at Fresno Zoo Are Too Precious for Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo<\/a> recently welcomed baby rhino Eloise to their savanna exhibit, and she absolutely cannot be any cuter!<\/p>\n

As this footage of her first steps in her new habitat shows, Eloise is already fitting right in and could not be any happier at her new home.<\/p>\n

According to this video, Fresno Zoo visitors can catch Eloise at the zoo\u2019s African Adventure exhibit, where she is currently running and hopping around like a free-spirited human child while her mother watches over her.<\/p>\n

Her enthusiasm in this footage is undeniably adorable! Just look at the way she hops around like a little bunny<\/a>, so full of joy and happiness. Eloise is downright inspiring!<\/p>\n

Related: Baby Rhino With Case of the Zoomies Is the Cutest Thing You\u2019ll See All Week<\/a><\/p>\n

As curious as Eloise is, she doesn\u2019t ever seem to drift too far from her mama, Kayla, who always seems to keep a watchful eye on her.<\/p>\n

Yes, life is good for Eloise, especially at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, which features award-winning habitats<\/a> where she can learn, grow, and play while Kayla watches over her.<\/p>\n

More About Eloise<\/p>\n

According to this other video from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Eloise was born to Kayla, a southern white rhino, on November 28.<\/p>\n

Kayla and Eloise have been able to enjoy some very important bonding time this holiday season, both at the zoo\u2019s African Adventure savanna exhibit and in their private enclosure.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, this video\u2019s caption states that Kayla is a natural mother and has been doing an \u201camazing job\u201d with baby Eloise. According to the zoo\u2019s press release, Eloise is the fifth calf that Kayla has given birth to<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The IUCN Red List currently lists southern white rhinos as a \u201cnear threatened\u201d species<\/a>, so Eloise\u2019s birth and wonderful progress are both great news for the Fresno Chaffee Zoo and her species in general.<\/p>\n

These videos leave no doubt that Eloise is in good hands. Anyone fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of her in her savanna habitat at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo will be lucky to see this joyous little tank puppy hopping around, doing her thing.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Dec 26, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno Chaffee Zoo recently welcomed baby rhino Eloise to their savanna exhibit, and she absolutely cannot be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[8394,112,5483,114,113,59473,59474],"class_list":{"0":"post-110909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-african-adventure","9":"tag-fresno","10":"tag-fresno-chaffee-zoo","11":"tag-fresno-headlines","12":"tag-fresno-news","13":"tag-fresno-zoo-visitors","14":"tag-savanna-exhibit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}