because it felt like it and cause it can
rhino skin is actually soft but thick
It is the skin of the rhino that is 5 cm thick. The skin of the rhino and hippopotamus is usually between 1.5cm and 5cm thick.
Skin! The skin of a rhinoceros is 18-20 mm thick. In some parts it is 45 mm.
The rhinoceros has thick gray skin and a horn on its snout.
The thick skin helps a rhinoceros in various ways. it gives it protection against serious injuries to the body and also protects rhinos from predators as the skin is hard to penetrate.
Some species of elephants can have skin up to an inch thick. A rhinoceros and a hippopotamus can also have very thick skin. These are all pachydermatous animals (meaning, "thick skinned").
A tough waterproof skin.
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Main Entry: thick skinPart of Speech: noun Definition: ability to withstand Synonyms: apathy, armor, callousness, elephant skin , formidable defenses, hard shell,imperviousness, numbness, rhinoceros hide, thick hide, thick shell, unfeelingness
The White Rhinoceros, Ceratotherium Simum, and the Black Rhinoceros, Diceros Bicornis, fit that description.
it protects the internal organs
It is their skin or hide.