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Pout of Africa: Rhino appears to pucker up and blow a kiss for photographer
- Hilarious video footage shows wild beast make a move on passers-by
- Looks up to Sue Harwood's camera before seemingly blowing her a kiss
- Its big red lips make it look like it's wearing lipstick for romantic encounter
This hilarious footage appears to show a notoriously feisty rare black rhino blowing a kiss for the camera.
The loveable rhino's bright red pout looks like it could have been painted on with lipstick, as he laps up the lens while out for a morning stroll.
Walking along without a care in the world, the huge animal puckers up while grazing at a private game reserve near Kruger National Park in South Africa.
He was making the moves on photographer Sue Harwood, from Johannesburg, who was on a game drive with her husband and youngest daughter when they bumped into the flirty tonne-weight beast.
She said: 'It was an amazing experience.
'We loved how he started smelling me, seemingly blowing kisses - I could actually smell him and could've touched him.
This hilarious footage appears to show a notoriously feisty rare black rhino blowing a kiss for the camera. The loveable rhino's bright red pout looks like it could have been painted on with lipstick, as he laps up the lens while out for a morning stroll
'We were all totally relaxed, as was the rhino.'
Sue added: 'According to all the game rangers, this was extremely unusual behaviour as black rhinos have a reputation for being aggressive, flighty and elusive.
'Not long ago we had a very similar encounter in the same area - a black rhino came right up to my husband's door and sniffed him for a while before running off.
Walking along without a care in the world, the huge animals puckers up while grazing at a private game reserve near Kruger National Park in South Africa. He was making the moves on photographer Sue Harwood, from Johannesburg, who was on a game drive with her husband and youngest daughter
'We think it's the same rhino as the ear notches are almost identical - he must like us!'
Black rhinos are very rare, with just over 5,000 left in the wild.
They were previously poached to near extinction.
According to the WWF, European hunters were responsible for the early stages of their decline, when it was not uncommon for five or six rhinos to be killed in a day for food or simply amusement
