Weighing anywhere from 1,760 to 3080 lbs at 6 ft tall the Black Rhinoceros is not to be dealt with.
As seen here, the black rhino isn't black, but grey. The black rhino is actually classified by the shape of their lip. The black rhino has a pointed upper lip that allows it to pluck leaves and fruit from branches on trees and bushes. Their counterpart, the white rhino, has a squared lip used to graze on grasses.
Black Rhinos are found to only mate once every two and half to five years. The rest of the time they are solitary creatures.
However, the baby rhinos will stick with their mother for up to three years, so don't worry.
Black Rhinos take on a nocturnal lifestyle of sorts. Feeding during the dark hours of dawn and dusk and taking cover under trees during the day to survive the blistering African sun. Rhinos live a simple life, grazing the plains following the paths of rhinos before them in search of water holes. A funny habit that rhinos do is to roll in mud to apply a sunscreen of sorts.
But what happens in the face of danger? Well it depends, usually when attacked Rhinos use their trademark horns to fight back. An adult male rhino's horn can grow up to 5 ft! But what about when the Rhino can't fight back? What about in the face of poachers?
Poaching, as stated by Dictionary.com, "is the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission." Poaching is a serious issue in the Africa region especially for rhinos. Killed primarily for their horns to be used in Asian medicines it is said that 388 rhinos were killed in 2012! (WWF) So the next time you think about rhinos remember why they are in danger!
Check out Nation Geographic to find out more about these awesome creatures!
Black Rhinos are found to only mate once every two and half to five years. The rest of the time they are solitary creatures.
However, the baby rhinos will stick with their mother for up to three years, so don't worry.
Black Rhinos take on a nocturnal lifestyle of sorts. Feeding during the dark hours of dawn and dusk and taking cover under trees during the day to survive the blistering African sun. Rhinos live a simple life, grazing the plains following the paths of rhinos before them in search of water holes. A funny habit that rhinos do is to roll in mud to apply a sunscreen of sorts.
But what happens in the face of danger? Well it depends, usually when attacked Rhinos use their trademark horns to fight back. An adult male rhino's horn can grow up to 5 ft! But what about when the Rhino can't fight back? What about in the face of poachers?
Poaching, as stated by Dictionary.com, "is the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission." Poaching is a serious issue in the Africa region especially for rhinos. Killed primarily for their horns to be used in Asian medicines it is said that 388 rhinos were killed in 2012! (WWF) So the next time you think about rhinos remember why they are in danger!
Check out Nation Geographic to find out more about these awesome creatures!
I'm glad you're bringing attention to this, I have always loved Rhinos since I was a child.
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