Baby Rhino Answers To His Own Name (Video)

A video of a baby rhino is going viral after people see what the animal is able to do (video below).

Footage of a baby rhino in South Africa named Warren shows that he can recognize his own name and will respond when he is called.

According to UPI, the footage was shared by Working With Rhinos on their YouTube page. In the video, Warren can be seen running down a dirt road and after a woman behind the camera calls his name, he comes right back to her.

Another clip in the same video shows Warren running and playing with two dogs and a group of caretakers. When he takes a quick break from running on the path, one caretaker calls his name and, once again, he responds right away, running to catch up with the group.

“Taking baby rhino Warren for a walk with the dogs,” the video’s description reads. “He comes running back when he hears his name called!”

Warren is an orphan, who is now under the care of Care for Wild Africa. According to the video’s description, Care for Wild Africa is “a non profit organization and the latest rhino orphanage in the world! It is determined to rescue, care, and rehabilitate wildlife that has been injured and/or orphaned. Working With Rhinos is an official agent of the Care for Wolf Africa Rhino Sanctuary.”

Reddit user Nkandla, who works with Care for Wild Africa, shared the video on the site.

When asked how rhinos behave around the humans that raise them when they become adults, Nkandla explained, “The bigger they get, the less human interaction they require, the less we intervene. We try get the rhinos to be raised by other rhinos and not by people, it’s only when they’re really small and there aren’t any others around that same age (because we only get rhinos that have lost their moms to poaching, and we can’t dictate when they come in, and how old they are, etc) that we interact with them at all. They are social animals, and they need to bond with other animals.”

Sources: UPI, Working with Rhinos/YouTube, Reddit / Photo Credit: Working with Rhinos/YouTube via UPI