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because it felt like it and cause it can

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Q: Why do rhinoceros have thick skin?
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What is the skin of a rhinoceros called?

rhino skin is actually soft but thick


Which animal skin is 4cm 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.


What is a rhino covered with?

Skin! The skin of a rhinoceros is 18-20 mm thick. In some parts it is 45 mm.


What is mammal with backward-curving horns?

The rhinoceros has thick gray skin and a horn on its snout.


How thick is a Rhino's skin?

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.


Which animal has 1-inch-thick skin on most parts of its body?

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").


What skin do rhinoceros have?

A tough waterproof skin.


Does a rhinoceros have smooth skin?

Well yes


What products can you get from elephant skin?

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


What is a thick-skinned African animal with a horn on its nose?

The White Rhinoceros, Ceratotherium Simum, and the Black Rhinoceros, Diceros Bicornis, fit that description.


How is a rhinoceros skin a adaptation?

it protects the internal organs


What is the name of the covering of a rhinoceros called?

It is their skin or hide.