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Title: Using operant conditioning to weigh 11 southern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Author(s): Pill, L.; Hange, B.
Year published: 2000
Journal: Animal Keeper's Forum
Volume: 27 (10)
Pages: 432-435, figs. 1-3
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Captive - North America
Management
White Rhino
Conditioning of Ceratotherium simum in zoo to weigh the animal. The Baltimore Zoo began using operant conditioning training techniques in 1994 to improve the daily management of our 1.1 southern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum simum). Among other things, the training has allowed us to treat m...
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Captive - North America
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
adult male in Baltimore Zoo, weighed 4444 pounds or 2015 kg.
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