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Rhinos can run faster than you think
Despite weighing up to 2300 kilograms, rhinos can sprint at speeds of 50 kilometres per hour — faster than most humans can run even without carrying a tonne of body weight.
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The Rhino Image Library
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The Rhino Document Library
The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 30015 references.
Stuhlmann, F. 1909. Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte von Ostafrika. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen).
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Brehm, A.E. 1855. Reiseskizzen aus Nord-Ost-Africa, oder den unter egyptischer Herrschaft stehenden Ländern Egypten, Nubien, Sennahr, Rosseeres und Kordofahn ; gesammelt auf seinen in den Jahren 1847 bis 1852 unternommenen Reisen. Jena, Friedrich Mauke.
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Avon, P.T. 1906. Die Tierwelt am Tanganika. Afrika-Bote (Nachrichten aus den Missionen des Weissen Väter) 13: 199-201.
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Puettger-Conradt, A. 2001. Als Nashörner durch Schleswig-Holstein streiften. Die Heimat 108 (3/4): 32-37.
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Viera, J.S. 1955. Kordula im Pierparadis. Abenteuerliche Reise zum Kilimandscharo. Göttingen, W. Fischer.
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Prange, W. 2005. Das Einhorn und die Erforschung seiner wahren Natur und Herkunft. Natur- und Landeskunde 112 (3-5): 45-55.
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Tiedemann, A. von 1892. Tana – Baringo – Nil. Mit Karl Peters zu Emin Pascha. Berlin, Walter und Apolant.
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Meinertzhagen, R. 1957. Kenya diary, 1902-1906. Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd. pp. i-viii, 1-346.
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Johnson, D. 2016. Female Greater one-horned rhinoceros and calf in Nepal. Animal Keepers Forum 43 (9): front cover, 249.
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Alexander, K. 2018. Female Greater one-horned rhinoceros at Mesker Park Zoo, Chattanooga, TN. Animal Keepers Forum 45 (3): front cover, 65 .
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Kock, R.A. 1991. Zoo profile – Whipsnade wild animal park – A 60th anniversary portrait. International Zoo News 38 (4): 40-45, 3 figures.
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Rhino collections
East Asian and West African Rhinos.
Rhino Depictions In Contemporary Modern Art.
Old World Neogene and Quaternary rhino-bearing localities.
Clara the Rhinoceros tells the marvellous story of the most famous rhinoceros in history.
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A book by Kees Rookmaaker with chapters by Joachim K. Bautze and Kelly Enright.Rhinos are ecological engineers
By creating paths, wallows, and dispersing seeds through their dung, rhinos shape entire ecosystems. A single white rhino can produce 20 kilograms of dung daily, fertilising the landscape and spreading plant seeds.
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