Sunday, April 12, 2009

White Rhinoceros

My favorite rhino picture...you wouldn't want to mess with him.

We got to see one white rhino. You can tell that he is a white rhino and not a black rhino (since their coloring is pretty much the same) by their mouths. White rhinos have a wide mouth and black rhinos have a pointed mouth.
This picture shows the birds that sit on the backs of the animals. I think that they eats bugs off them and warn them of danger. This rhino had just marked his territory, stepped in it, and then was going to walk his boundary to keep other males out. You can tell that he is a male since his horn is short from fighting (they apparently get worn down or broken.) The females usually have longer horns since they don't fight.