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| Title: |
Wild animals in an African national park |
| Author(s): |
Bere, R.M. |
| Year published: |
1966 |
| Publisher: |
London, Andre Deutsch |
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pp. 1-96 |
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| File: |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| In Africa there are two kinds of rhinoceros. They are known as the black rhinoceros and the white rhinoceros, though in fact they are both the same slaty-grey colour. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| The black rhino is one of the most unpredictable animals in Africa. It is a mixture of truculence and timidity, and can be extremely stupid. The black rhino is always liable to charge, or at least rush towards, any unfamiliar object, whatever it may be. It charges with its head held up, loweri... |
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World
Morphology
White Rhino
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| In Africa there are two kinds of rhinoceros. They are known as the black rhinoceros and the white rhinoceros, though in fact they are both the same slaty-grey colour. The white rhino gets its name from the Dutch word wyd, meaning wide or broad. This refers to the animal's great square muzzle a... |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| The black rhino has a long, pointed over- lapping upper lip which enables it to strip leaves and shoots from the bushes and low-growing trees on which it feeds. |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| From the end of the nose to the tip of the tail, a white rhino bull may measure fourteen feet |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| In Africa there are two kinds of rhinoceros. They are known as the black rhinoceros and the white rhinoceros, though in fact they are both the same slaty-grey colour. |
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Behaviour - Memory
Black Rhino
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| Like many other animals, black rhinos can be inquisitive. If one stays quite still beside a tree, or on top of an ant-hill, they will sometimes come to within a few yards before realizing what they are approaching. In some circumstances, they will respond to a whistle, and trot up to see what h... |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| Walking about in black rhino country can be exciting, for one may come upon the animals quite suddenly and it is impossible to anticipate their actions. Once I nearly trod on a rhino, which was lying on the ground. I thought that it was an ant-hill, but was saved in time by noticing a twitching... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| Although black rhinos are sometimes seen in small parties, (and calves naturally stay with their mothers), they are usually solitary in habit. |
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| A black rhino calf almost invariably follows its mother. A possible reason for this strange difference is that the white rhino inhabits more open country than the black; the calf is, therefore, more liable to be attacked by lions. As this attack comes from behind, the mother rhino can best prot... |
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Wild animals in an African national park
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