An adorable white rhino baby has been born at a UK zoo and is now zooming around her enclosure at just 10 days old.<br /><br />The 66kg babe was born on Jan 13 and is part of the 'near threatened' Southern African white rhino species.<br /><br />The newborn has bounced back after a brief feeding scare and is now entertaining both zoo keepers and mum by evading weigh-ins by whizzing around her enclosure.<br /><br />The baby, who hasn't yet been named, was born to white rhino mum Astrid after 16 long months of pregnancy.<br /><br />The keepers at Colchester Zoo in Essex were delighted to see the baby arrive after a quick birth. <br /><br />The keepers had been on watch hourly throughout January whilst awaiting her arrival.<br /><br />The bouncing babe then struggled to find the milk from her mum on her first day.<br /><br />The team started feeding expressed milk to the baby by bottle every two hours.<br /><br />After three days on the bottle the baby was able to find the milk from Astrid's teat.<br /><br />Team leader Jo Burch said: "At a week old now, her personality is starting to show through.<br /><br />"She is even at the point of refusing to let us get a new weight off her as she enjoys zooming around her enclosure. <br /><br />"We like to get to know the newborns before naming them as we like their name to have a specific meaning to the individual.<br /><br />"We have some ideas but have not made a decision yet. <br /><br />"We may ask the public to help us choose when we have a shortlist!”<br /><br />Whilst the youngster gets used to life in Essex visitors may be able to glimpse her from the outside viewing area.<br /><br />White rhinos are on the 'near threatened' red list for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. <br /><br />This means the species is vulnerable to becoming an endangered species, due to poaching and the ivory trade.<br /><br />The baby is the fifth white rhino to be born as part of Colchester Zoo's breeding programme.
