Baby rhino and calf become adorable best friends at the San Diego Zoo

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Laura Vitto
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A baby one-horned rhinoceros and an Ankole calf have struck up a sweet friendship at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

According to San Diego's KABC, zoo officials introduced the 6-week-old rhino to the 8-month-old calf, delightfully named Chutti and Moo Moo Kitty respectively, in hopes that the two might keep one another company and increase their daily exercise.

Chutti's mother Kaya gave birth to the male rhino on Nov. 27 in the Safari Park’s Asian Plains exhibit. When veterinarians realized he wasn't gaining weight as he should with his mother, he was transferred to Safari Park's animal care center.

If all goes well between Chutti and Moo Moo Kitty, the two will stay together for a year until the rhino is fully weaned.

See footage of a 3-week-old Chutti enjoying an enormous bottle of milk below:

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