tags: mammals, dragonflies, black rhinocerus, Diceros bicornis, Image of the Day
This newborn black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, at a safari park in Tel Aviv is the first to have been born in captivity in Israel in 15 years.
Image: AP.
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