Rare Baby Camel In Budapest Zoo: Hungarian Zoo Debuts A Rare And Adorable Bactrian Camel

Rare Baby Camel in Budapest Zoo is finally debuted Tuesday since its birth last week. The rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo is a wild Bactrian or Camelus bactrianus ferus species.

The name of the rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo is Ilias, and baby Ilias is male. Born on April 9, the rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo's mother is an eight-year-old camel called Iris, whose maternal line has lived at the zoo for several generations. Meanwhile, Ilias' father came from a zoo in Miskolc, a city in north-eastern Hungary.

The rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo Ilias, was only presented to the media on Tuesday as according to zookeepers, the baby camel needed time to bond with his mother. Spokesperson Zoltan Hanga where the rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo was born told AFP, "When he was born there were problems, the baby was looking for milk from the mother, but as this was her first baby she had no experience. Us zookeepers had to hold down the mother and gently help the baby to feed."

Though the rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo was debuted just recently, baby Ilias isn't the only one of his kind to be introduced to the world, reports the Inquisitr. Another rare baby camel was born this past March at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, United Kingdom. The wild baby Bactrian camel born had made her debut on Britain's Mother's day on March 30. Yorkshire Wildlife Park's Director Cheryl Williams said: "We are all delighted at the birth of the camel calf. On Mother's Day she stayed extremely close to Lottie (the baby camel's mother) as she finds her way in the outside world. She is already growing fast but is bound to be extremely popular this Easter."

Most wild Bactrian camels today are in truth domesticated. According to experts, a small group of around 800 to 900 live in the Gobi desert in Mongolia and China, however most are already close to extinction. One of the world's oldest zoos, Budapest Zoo was opened in the year 1866.

Rare baby camel in Budapest Zoo being debuted and another born in United Kingdom are great news. It is everyone's hope that these rare species survive and more endangered species endure despite the danger of poachers and other illegal activities.