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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe |
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Behaviour - Towards Man |
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Black Rhino |
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Led by an experienced professional hunter/guide, all six of us crept to within 15 meters of them before one caught our scent and began a charge. Fortunately, our guide was able to turn it by simply running directly at the rhino while waving his arms and yelling at the top of his lungs. Both rhinos ran off a few meters before turning to face us, snorting and sniffing the air. Only after several minutes of this did they finally move off into the bush. We were all quite thrilled, but the experience also brought home to us just how vulnerable these wonderful-looking animals are, how little deserved is their dangerous reputation, and how easy and cruel the killing of them is.
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Chizarira: the black rhino's last Eden
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