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28th Jul 2015

Video: Never-before-seen footage captured a wildcat riding on the back of a rhino in Africa

Lazy cat

JOE

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Check out this cheeky cat catch a lift on a protected species of rhino.

Never before seen footage of a well-known local genet cat, christened ‘Genet Jackson’ (see what they did there?) has been filmed riding on the shoulders of a rhino in a nature reserve in South Africa.

Conservationists think the cat is using the rhino as a vantage point for hunting in a new ‘mammal symbiotic relationship’.

In the clip, the cat sits on top of the rhino and swats at its’ prey as they go past.

Eventually the rhino gets pretty sick of his freeloading passenger and abruptly takes off into the distance with Ms. Jackson clinging on for dear life.

Hat-tip to the Independent and Clip via Wildlife Act

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