 Reference Base  Recuperative power of the horn of the black rhinoceros (R... |
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Jacobi, E.F., 1957. Recuperative power of the horn of the black rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis L.). Zoologische Garten 23 (1/3): 223-227, figs. 1-6
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Captive - Europe |
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Morphology - Horn |
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Black Rhino |
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In the night of 10 Nov 1954, the first horn of our female black rhino was almost completely torn losse from its base except the front part. This injury involved only a very slight bleeding. The upset animal calmed down in a day or two. The hornbase was treated with tar. Five weeks after the accident new horn formation could be seen clearly on the wound under the wobbling horn. About three weeks later the horn was still fitted only quite loosely by its utter front part and we dreaded further injury when this part too loosened from the base. As the animal was very quiet it was possible to separate the old horn from the new base by filing.
The growth of the new horn took its notmal course and the still short horn was rubbed and chafed in the same way as the rhino used to do with the old one. Now after 2 years the new horn is almost as long as the former one.
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