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Reference Base  To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous jo... |
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To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous journey of exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland |
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Haywood, C.W. |
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1927 |
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London, Seeley, Service and Co |
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pp. 1-275 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| At one time the Meru used to trap rhino in gamepits and sell the horns to Swahili traders, apparently for making some sort of medicine; but the Government stopped that, and rhino are now strictly limited to two per annum on each hunting licence. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Value
African Rhino Species
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| Kenya. It did not take long before the hide was cut off in strips and great hunks of meat were being carried away by the men, who loaded their share on each of the camels they led. |
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| He was so close that I could see all the creases in his thick hide, the tufts of hair sticking out of his piggy ears, and the whitish marks where he had rubbed himself against a tree. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| At one time the Meru used to trap rhino in gamepits and sell the horns to Swahili traders, apparently for making some sort of medicine; but the Government stopped that, and rhino are now strictly limited to two per annum on each hunting licence. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Above the Boma of Meru, and all round the lower slopes of Mount Kenya, are thick forests rising about six thousand to eight thousand feet, the trees being mostly podocarpus and cedar. Above this forest belt are the bamboos, which extend to about ten thousand feet; then come open moorland and roc... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Rhino were, and probably still are, very numerous round Meru, and they mostly had very big horns. I went after one and was able to drop it without much difficulty. Its front horn was thirty-four inches and the back one about twenty-two; so I was very pleased, as this is the best I have shot. A... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Hunting
Black Rhino
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| I got the surprise of my life. There, facing slightly away from me, and only a hundred yards off, stood a big bull rhinoceros. He was so close that I could see all the creases in his thick hide, the tufts of hair sticking out of his piggy ears, and the whitish marks where he had rubbed himself a... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| He was so close that I could see all the creases in his thick hide, the tufts of hair sticking out of his piggy ears, and the whitish marks where he had rubbed himself against a tree. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| On his back were dozens of little brown 'tick-birds,' who were busy running all over him, picking off and eating the ticks which infested his body with their sharp red beaks. Every now and then they stopped to cast bright, suspicious glances around to see if any enemy was approaching. They act ... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| The bullet hit with a resounding thwack. The rhino gave a tremendous snort, rushed forward about ten yards |
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