 | Natal Parks Board 1964 16th Annual Report, 1 April 1963 - 31 March 1964. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 |
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Black Rhino
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| two black rhino were seen by the warden in a state of exhaustion after what must have been a prolonged fight, since they both had extensive head injuries and were bleeding profusely. One appeared to have part of its lips torn away and had a piece of flesh protruding from the back of its mouth. ... |
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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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Sumatran Rhino
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| Neither species seems to use its horns as the principal instrument of defense, relying more on the pointed lower tusks, which are said to be capable of inflicting very severe gashes. |
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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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Javan Rhino
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| Neither species seems to use its horns as the principal instrument of defense, relying more on the pointed lower tusks, which are said to be capable of inflicting very severe gashes. |
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| Natal Parks Board 1963 15th Annual Report, 1 April 1962 - 31 March 1963. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-37 |
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White Rhino
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| Only one white rhino death was recorded. A young bull received injuries that proved fatal in a fight with an older bull. |
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| Natal Parks Board 1963 15th Annual Report, 1 April 1962 - 31 March 1963. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-37 |
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| A female died from wounds received in a fight with another rhino. |
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| Natal Parks Board 1960 12th Annual Report, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1960. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-39 |
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White Rhino
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| Two Ceratotherium simum died as result of injuries inflicted upon one another during a fight. |
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| Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 |
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White Rhino
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| When the animals ran away, they would do so with the head held high and stretched tail, like in a warthog. However, he lowers the tail rather quickly. |
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| Glover, R. 1956 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (4): 197 |
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Indian Rhino
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| The following note on the Great Indian rhinoceros appeared in the United Services Journal, November, 1849. Though it bears out Mr. Shebbeare's opinion, given in the last Oryx, that in general this rhinoceros uses his 'tushes' not his horn in attack, it does also suggest that the horn may sometim... |
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| Shebbeare, E.O. 1955 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (3): 125-126 |
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Indian Rhino
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| I have always thought that, apart from trampling on its victim, which may be accidental, the Indian rhino's only weapons were these tushes, perhaps better described as the outer pair of lower incisors, since rhinos have no canines. Unlike the middle pair of incisors, these are pointed and usuall... |
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| Shebbeare, E.O. 1955 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (3): 125-126 |
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| What do Asian rhinos use their horn for, if not as weapon? I have been told that they are for grubbing roots and knocking over ant0hills. One certainly often sees areas, several square yards in extent, grubbed up, especially in old, burnt savannah, and mahouts have assured me that this is the w... |
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