Rare Javan rhino filmed

There are thought to be less than 60 Javan rhinos left in the wild and these are two of them.

The mother and calf were filmed by a hidden camera in the Ujung Kulon National Park on Indonesia's Java island.

The World Wildlife Fund for Nature was delighted when the elusive rhinoceroses stumbled across the camera twice in a month.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) SITE MANAGER OF UJUNG KULON NATIONAL PARK ADHI RAHMAT HARIYADI SAYING:

"Although the Peninsula covers 30,000 (hectares) only places marked with red dots are actually occupied with the rhinos."

The cameras filmed the rhinos bathing, sniffing the undergrowth and, a little worryingly perhaps, attacking the camera.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) SITE MANAGER OF UJUNG KULON NATIONAL PARK ADHI RAHMAT HARIYADI SAYING:

"We need to place the camera more strategically not to disturb or bother the animals."

But the success of the operation has delighted wildlife experts.

And it's hoped new information about their movement may increase the chances of saving the Javan rhino from extinction.

Sonia Legg, Reuters.

calf
a. A young cow or bull.

b. The young of certain other mammals, such as the elephant or whale.

stumble across or on or upon to encounter or discover (someone or something) by accident