They live in the bush where it is difficult to see who is coming. They use the upper lip almost like a hand to grab and break off the items they want for their meal.īlack rhinos have bad eyesight and are more aggressive. Browsing means feeding on leaves, twigs, fruits and other material from trees. Clever hey!īlack rhinos have a pointy lip which is used for browsing. As the mud cracks and falls off the parasites will fall off with it. Mud wallow and get mucky! The thick mud forms a layer over their bodies which will dry over time and kills off the ticks. So how do they get rid of unwanted visitors on their bodies like ticks? A great way is to go for a lovely filthy How do you get a bug off you? You use your hands and take it off right? Well rhinos can't really do that as they have big, thick, flat toes. This covers the black rhinos large body with mud and water which cool it down. In South Africa it gets very warm in summer (November to March) so when a black rhino wants to cool down it will go and have a lovely mud wallow in a dam or puddle. Only the last two species are found in Africa and at Kariega Game Reserve in South Africa. There are five different species of rhino: Javan, Sumatran, Greater one-horned, black and white. It was decided to call this species a black rhino even though their skin is grey and not black at all! The Dutch also saw other type of rhino that looked almost the same as a white rhino but with a different lip. This name now refers to the white rhino we know today as it has a wide mouth adapted to eating grass. The Dutch word "wijde" was mistakenly translated as white and the name stuck. They saw a creature which they had not yet named and called it a "wijde lip rhinoster" which in English translates to wide lip rhino. The black rhino's name is actually from a misunderstanding from when the first rhinos were spotted by the Dutch settlers in Africa. But they are as real as can be! With their thick skin, massive bodies and large horns they can be found grazing on the plains and bushes in Africa, and browsing on the tropical forests of Asia and India. They don't look like they should be living in this era but rather in more ancient times. The rhinoceros, or rhino for short, is a very solid, tough, prehistoric-looking, tank-like mammal found in many parts of the world. The word rhinoceros comes from the Greek words "rhino" meaning nose and "ceros" meaning horn. Please add your questions as a comment below and we will happily provide you with a detailed answer. This article includes some interesting black rhino facts for kids (and adults) collected from some of our knowledgable and experienced safari field guides. The black rhino is a fascinating mammal found at Kariega Game Reserve in the malaria-free Eastern Cape region of South Africa.
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