 Reference Base  Amboseli - unique and wonderful game reserve full of anim... |
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Taberer, W.H.M., 1959. Amboseli - unique and wonderful game reserve full of animal personalities. Wild Life, Nairobi 1 (4): 16-19, 26, fig. 1
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya |
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Behaviour - Towards Man |
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Black Rhino |
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With all this attention Gertie became so tame that she would lie in a dust bath with her offspring and allow several cars at a time to approach within 30 feet and not bother to get up and often just continue to sleep. There have been incidents: when she refuses to move some unkind visitor, wanting action in his pictures, may deliberately drive his vehicle at her and on such occasions she will take her calf off and disappear into the bush to sulk for several days and not be seen. Such behaviour is as good as a report to us that there is,: or has been, a hooligan in the area who has disturbed her, as she seldom otherwise hides herself except when calving or mating.
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