He’ll r-egret standing there! Unlucky egret gets blasted with rhino urine after standing in the wrong place at the wrong time
- A snowy white egret received a surprise soaking from a large male rhino at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya
- The amusing moment was captured by photographer Nagaraj Tilakraj, 40, who was visiting with his family
- Rhinos and egrets share a special relationship with the birds helping to keep the rhinos clean and warning them when predators approach
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An unlucky egret got blasted with rhino urine after standing in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The unfortunate egret, which weighs less than one pound, was downwind of a massive 2,500-pound black rhino in Kenya when it relieved itself, spraying pee all over the snowy white bird.
Despite the nasty surprise, the egret continued to follow the male rhino, seemingly unfazed by its drenching.
The amusing moment was captured by photographer Nagaraj Tilakraj, 40, from Nairobi, who witnessed the bird’s surprise shower during a visit with family to the Nairobi National Park.
Rhinos, which pee backwards due to a curved penis, can shoot urine over 16-feet away from them and sometimes do so to impress potential mates.
Though they may seem an unlikely pair, rhinos and egrets share a special connection, with the huge horned beasts often allowing the small birds to sit on their backs.
Egrets eat ticks and other insects that would otherwise be pests to rhinos, which cannot easily clean themselves. The birds also reportedly warn near-sighted rhinos when a predator is approaching.
An unlucky egret got blasted with rhino urine after standing in the wrong place at the wrong time at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya