The 'world-first' video was captured by animal conservationists
Tuesday 28 July 2015
A genet cat has been filmed riding the back of a rhino on a nature reserve in South Africa.
The genet, a cat-like animal with a long tail and spotted coat, was seen sitting on top of buffalo and rhinos in photographs last year but the act has now been caught on video for the first time.
In the surprising footage, the cat sits on the rhino's back and swats at creatures as they fly past.
The conservationists called the footage a discovery of a new and rare "mammal symbiotic relationship" and have speculated that the cat may have been using the larger animals as a vantage point for hunting its prey.
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