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Reference Base  Amboseli - unique and wonderful game reserve full of anim... |
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Amboseli - unique and wonderful game reserve full of animal personalities |
| Author(s): |
Taberer, W.H.M. |
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1959 |
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Wild Life, Nairobi |
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1 (4) |
| Pages: |
16-19, 26, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Amboseli NP, Kenya - pinnae absent. It was in 1953 that Gertie settled in at her new home bringing with her a newly born bull calf. This little oddity had only half a tail, and no ears at all, and soon received the name of 'Pixie'. The two presented a rare sight. The mother with the incredibl... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| special rhino personalities. Mr. `Cutty' was the first of the rhino to get accustomed to cars and settle down. Always fighting with others his cuts and bruises were responsible for his nickname. He too is no longer with us. `Tukai' was a near full grown rhino who, quite unconcerned about the ... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| 'Tukai' was a near full grown rhino who, quite unconcerned about the noises of the camp, took up his quarters in front of the lodge. He excelled the day Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret came to stay at Amboseli by standing in full view of the royal party just beyond the garden fence. Un... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Behaviour - Towards Man
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, wanti... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Amboseli NP, Kenya - pinnae absent. It was in 1953 that Gertie settled in at her new home bringing with her a newly born bull calf. This little oddity had only half a tail, and no ears at all, and soon received the name of 'Pixie'. The two presented a rare sight. The mother with the incredibl... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Gertie and Gladys in Amboseli, Kenya. Those are just a few of the better known personalities; there are others, but of them all 'No. 1' and 'No. 2' the two old rhinos with enormously long horns and better known to visitors as 'Gladys' and 'Gertie' must be recognise... |
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