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Baby rhino takes a snuggle break with sanctuary worker

By Ben Hooper
An orphaned rhino named Kabelo snuggles with a sanctuary worker in South Africa. Screenshot: Storyful
An orphaned rhino named Kabelo snuggles with a sanctuary worker in South Africa. Screenshot: Storyful

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POLOKWANE, South Africa, May 23 (UPI) -- A worker at a South African animal sanctuary shared video of a snuggle-minded baby rhinoceros using her as a pillow during cuddle time.

Laura Ellison posted a video to Instagram showing the special bond she formed with Kabelo, an orphaned rhinocerous being raised at The Rhino Orphanage sanctuary in Limpopo Province.

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The video shows the young rhinoceros cuddling with the woman as she spreads out on the ground.

"Really, I'm just his pillow," Ellison wrote.

"While I want you all to experience the gentleness of rhinos, to fall in love with them as I have and inspire the same desperation I have to save them, I must stress the relationship I have with our rhinos that allow these experiences.

I have been with Kabelo since his arrival to the orphanage and we have developed such a strong bond. While Kabelo is so comfortable with me, he is not with many others. Please appreciate that he is still a wild animal.. But also with the capacity to love so forgivingly. 

Humans took his mother and for him to trust me the way he does is incredibly bittersweet. Rhinos deserve a life with their mothers without human interference. Please help me fight to secure it. #saveourrhinos"

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