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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations |
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Black Rhino |
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A herd of 38 African Elephant, with numerous youngsters, were feeding alongside a group of five Giraffe. The Black Rhino then came running from a nearby Croton thicket, as though it was being pursued. It came to within about 50m of the elephant and giraffe before coming to a halt. An adult female giraffe then walked towards the rhino, apparently very inquisitive. When the rhino picked up its head and stomped a few paces in the direction of the giraffe, it cantered off, with the other four giraffe on its heels. The rhino then walked towards the elephant herd and some of the youngsters were seen to raise their trunks in a bid to try and smell what for them appeared to be a unfamiliar animal. The young elephants trumpeted when the rhino moved closer, but to our surprise, the whole herd turned tail and moved rapidly away (Stephen Owino: 3/99).
As the Black Rhino emerged from a Euclea thicket along the Mara River, it was met by two African Elephant bulls. One elephant rushed towards the rhino, but the rhino stood its ground and there was a stand off, with the elephant trumpeting loudly. After about three minutes, the elephants moved off in another direction, and the rhino kept on its course (Joseph Ole Kima: 10/99).
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Notes on a solitary black rhino
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