【】Oct 7, 2016 at 11:20am PDT

Baby rhinos were put on this earth for one reason only: to make humans on the internet smile.。

On October 11th, Ayana, a rhino at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, gave birth to a rare baby black rhino, weighing in at 80 lbs. The zoo recently released a video of the yet-to-be-named baby rhino, prompting the internet to immediately lose its sh*t.
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According to the zoo's senior veterinarian, June Olds, the rhino is "very strong, she is very vocal, she is apparently very healthy." 。

Eastern black rhinos are an endangered species, and female black rhinos are even more rare. There are currently less than 1,000 in the wild and in captive populations combined.  。

Thanks for signing up! 。 "Her reproductive potential is quite high and, hopefully, she will contribute greatly to the overall population," Susan Ellis, director of the International Rhino Foundation, told 。The Des Moines Register 。

The Des Moines Register。

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Shortly after the baby's birth, she was standing, walking, and attempting to be fed. 。

"All positive signs of a healthy baby rhino calf," a spokesman for the zoo told ABC News.。

Since 1972, the population of wild black rhinos has declined 96 percent.。

Look at her go.。

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