4-month-old white rhino Logan joins the crash on savanna at Animal Kingdom
Four-month-old white rhino Logan made his debut on the savanna this week at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, marking the first time rhino siblings Ranger, Mylo and Logan were out together, Disney announced.
The trio can be seen on Kilimanjaro Safaris and is a major achievement for the care team and the rhino population in managed care,” Scott Terrell, DVM, DACVP, Director of Animal & Science Operations, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, writes the the Disney Parks Blog.
Ranger marked the first white rhino birth at Walt Disney World Resort in five years in October 2020, with Mylo joining the crash (which is what a group of rhinos are called) in September 2021. Logan was born in November 2021 and is named after her mom Lola and dad Dugan. Logan is the youngest of the three southern white rhinos born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Rhinos have one of the longest gestation periods of any anima. During the approximately 16 to 18 months, the health of the mom and baby are monitored through regular checkups and ultrasounds. Through these ultrasounds, the team was able to watch Logan grow from a ball of cells to the 160 pounds she weighed at birth, Terrell said.
Once the rhino calf is born, mom and baby will spend months backstage bonding. This allows keepers to focus on each animal and teach training behaviors so the baby rhino is set up for success and social life on the savanna. Once the calf is ready, keepers work with the rhino calves to slowly introduce them to the rhino crash and the many other animals on the savanna.
“All three rhinos allow us to learn more about this incredible species, and these learnings can be shared to benefit rhinos worldwide,” Terrell wrote.
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