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December 4, 2019Protecting endangered giants
In honor of Wildlife Conservation Day, we're looking at these two white rhinos strolling through the Amakhala Game Reserve in South Africa—with a friendly oxpecker bird on their tails. The large anklets they're wearing are used to track the endangered animals and protect them from poaching. Both white and black rhinos live in open savanna, but the adult rhinos' only real predators are humans who hunt them for the illegal trade of their horns. Although they are known for being large, tough animals, rhinos are easily poached during their daily visits to the watering hole. Southern white rhinos now thrive in protected sanctuaries like the Amakhala Game Reserve. But the northern white rhino subspecies is believed to be extinct in the wild with only a few captive individuals remaining. Black rhinos have doubled from their low point over the past two decades, but still number only a fraction of their population in the early 20th century.Quote of the day
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Southern white rhinoceros - Wikipedia
- The southern white rhinoceros or southern square-lipped rhinoceros, is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros. It is the most common and widespread subspecies of rhinoceros. As of late December 2007, the total population was estimated at 17,460 southern white rhino in the wild, making them by far the most abundant subspecies of rhino in the world. South Africa is the stronghold for this subspecies, conserving 16,255 individuals in the wild in 2007. The current census from Save the Rhi
White rhinoceros - Wikipedia
- The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed left in 2018, both in captivity...
Southern White Rhinoceros | The Maryland Zoo
Southern White Rhinoceros The white rhino is the third largest land mammal in the world, dwarfed only by the Asian elephant and the African elephant. White rhinos weigh between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds and stand 5 to 6 feet tall at the shoulder. Their heads alone can weigh up to 2,000 pounds.Southern White Rhinoceros - Zoo Atlanta
The southern white rhino is the most numerous of all the rhinos, with a majority of the population focused in South Africa. Habitat: Southern white rhinos are found in grassland savanna areas in middle Africa and more prevalently in southern Africa. Diet: White rhinos are known for their flat, wide upper lips.Southern White Rhinoceros | North
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Protecting endangered giants
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