 | Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 |
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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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| Bovill, E.W. 1966 Missions to the Niger, volume 3: The Bornu Mission 1822-25, part 2. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Works Second Series, vol. 129, pp. i-xii, 309-595 |
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| Mission of Denham and Clapperton, 1822-1825, expedition to Mandara, situated 150 miles south of Lake Chad, between Logone River and headwaters of the Yedseram.
The sheikh sent elephant tusks and the horns of three other animals [including that of the] kirkadan, a two horned animal, with one long... |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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| mild tempered, sluggish, timid and inquisitive. |
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| Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 |
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| The white rhino under normal conditions is very docile and will lumber away at the clapping of one's hands. The exception to this is when they get confused as they then charge in the direction they are facing. Virtually nothing stops them. A white rhino cow with a calf can also be dangerous. |
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| Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 |
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| When the animal senses something unusual, it sneezes and runs off, instead of fleeing, in the direction where the sound came from. In that way he got to know as a very dangerous animal. |
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| Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 |
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| One of the most controversial subjects concerning the rhino is in relation to their temperament. Some species, particularly those in Africa, are said to be very dangerous, charging unpredictably and with little provocation. They are known to have attacked automobiles and in some cases to have o... |
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| Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 |
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| Both species are very timid and solitary creatures. The renowned bad temper and ferocity of the African species seems to be totally lacking in both the Javan and Sumatran rhinos. There are stories of Sumatran rhinos charging humans, but this has been attributed by most experienced observ- ers t... |
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| King, R.W. 1962 In pursuit of the white rhinoceros. African Wildlife 16 (2): 123 |
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| On one occasion a large number of rhino reminiscent of a herd of cows steadily munched their way to the car. Although the herd was accompanied by a calf they showed hardly any interest in us. On the other hand there were times when rhino showed considerable curiosity and looked quite formidable... |
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| Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 |
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| It is an ill-tempered animal |
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| Natal Parks Board 1961 13th Report of the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board, for the period 1st April, 1960, to 31st March, 1961. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 |
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| Three natives were tossed this year. One, a poacher, died from his injuries. The other two recovered.
* In July two rangers and a game guard on a horse patrol had just negotiated a steep and stony path to the head of a cliff, when they were charged by a black rhino. The two rangers being caug... |
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