White Rhino – I photographed this Rhino at Lake Nakuru, where comparatively the density of these rhinos is good, while we don’t get to see them in Masai Mara. Many of us mistake that the white rhinos are white in color and the black rhino are black. However let me clarify the difference, both black and white rhinoceroses are actually gray. They are different not in color but in lip shape. The black rhino has a pointed upper lip, while its white relative has a squared lip. The difference in lip shape is related to the animals diets. White rhinos graze on grasses, walking with their enormous heads and squared lips lowered to the ground. White rhinos live on Africas grassy plains, where they sometimes gather in groups of as many as a dozen individuals. Females reproduce only every two and a half to five years. Their single calf does not live on its own until it is about three years old. White rhinos have two horns, the foremost more prominent than the other. The prominent horn for which rhinos are so well known has been their downfall. Many animals have been killed for this hard, hair-like growth, which is revered for medicinal use in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The horn is also valued in North Africa and the Middle East as an ornamental dagger handle. Hence the conservation status by IUCN for White Rhino is Near Threatened.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 03:48:22 +0000
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