Watch: Mother Rhino Stands Guard To Protect Her Baby At Kaziranga

A 54-second video doing the rounds of the Internet proves a mother's love for her child is unquestionable. The video, shared by IFS officer Ramesh Pandey, shows a mother rhino and her calf at a river bank in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam. While the mother steps into the river stream, the baby walks away from her. Then we hear a few birds chirping, and the noise begins to increase. Suddenly, the mother rhino gets startled, and begins to roll her eyes across the area. Then she runs close to her baby, still scanning the area as if trying to find the source of the threat. Finally, she stands guard next to her baby.

“How the mother rhino suddenly gets alarmed to save her calf, knowing that a predator is around. A must watch. Via-@kaziranga_,” tweeted Mr Pandey.

How the mother rhino suddenly gets alarmed to save her calf, knowing that a predator is around.
A must watch.
Via-@kaziranga_ pic.twitter.com/yKwrBnXFAe

— Ramesh Pandey (@rameshpandeyifs) September 16, 2021

Though the video does not make it clear if there's an imminent danger lurking nearby, the mother rhino's sudden alertness leaves little room for imagination. So far, the video has been viewed over 24.6k times.

One user said there was nothing more powerful and beautiful than motherhood.

There is nothing more powerful and beautiful than motherhood..

— Rajwant Motikar (@motikargmailco1) September 16, 2021

Another commented we tend to underestimate the conviction of a mother to fight for her child and only realise it when she shows her determination.

We tend to underestimate mom's a lot. Mine was a lot more dangerous then I ever knew. Its only when they come into action that we get to know.

— Amolakh Nath Segal (@amolakh) September 16, 2021

A third user said the rhino could have gotten alarmed because of human presence.

Human interference making her Alarming to safe her calf..

— Rajender_f (@rajender_f) September 17, 2021

One of the users referred to the mother rhino's huge, intimidating build.

Wow! What a gigantic creature!!

— Shashank Vashishtha (@ShashankVashi19) September 16, 2021

There was another user who found the baby cute.

???? rhino baby so cute ????

— J C Menariya (????????भारतीय संस्कृत शिक्षक????????) (@j_menariya) September 16, 2021

A video of a similar but unrelated incident was shared last month by ViralHog. There we could see an interesting confrontation between a lioness and some rhinos. The video was shot on the premises of Kruger National Park, South Africa. The video showed how the rhinos chased away the lioness as she tries to venture near a young rhino.

Another video in June showed us a mother hen putting up a brave fight against a snake that had approached her litter of chicks. The hen used its beak, claws, wings and did everything to drive the snake away and save the newly-hatched birds.