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Rhinoceroses

Also known as rhino and a member of the family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceroses are massive, powerful odd-toed ungulates. They have a very thick protective skin, relatively little brains for mammals of their size and two horns on the snout.

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Is the Sumatran Rhinoceros related to the Woolly Rhinoceros?

The Sumatran Rhinoceros is believed to be closely related to the extinct Woolly Rhinoceros because of morphological similarities. The Woolly Rhinoceros, so named for the coat of hair it shares with the Sumatran Rhinoceros, first appeared in China and by the Upper Pleistocene ranged across the Eurasian continent from Korea to Spain.

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What is the 3rd largest land mammal?

The third largest land animal is the Southern White Rhino, after the African elephant and the Asian elephant.

Is a rhinoceros tasty?

MOST people would say rhinos are not tasty. They are tough. Others would say it is delicious.

Are rhinos from North America?

The rhinoceros comes from Africa. The only live rhinos you see in North America are in zoos.

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What is some information about rhinoceroses?

there are 6 kinds of them that i know of.(white rhinosare not white, in some language wide is pronounced white,so it really should be caled wide rhino because it's nose is wide & flat, great for grazing.)(black rhinos look like white rhinos except they heve a pointy top lip & are mor aggressive,it's named bleck because it was discovered near the black river.)(javan rhinos live in Asia they only have one horn unlike white & black rhinos,it is smaller then all but one of the other kinds.)(greater Indian rhinos look like javan rhinos except are biger & more blunt,there horns have a tendency to be straingly shaped.)(lesser Indian rhinos are just like the greater except it is smaller.)(sumatran rhinosare very small about half the size of normal rhinos if tnot smaller,some individuals have brown skin.)

Why are rhinos killed?

Rhinocereroses are usually killed for their horns, which are used in Oriental medicines.
Rhinos are killed mainly for the horn,which is thought by many cultures to have various medicinal properties.This of course,is false,yet now many rhino species are in dire trouble because of this notion.Poachers are often very poor people,and it is thought that one rhino horn could feed a poor family for a year!Therein lies the problem.Governments now protecting rhinos need to figure out how to feed the burgeoning human population,so they won't have to resort to poaching their precious wildlife!
Rhinos are killed mainly for the horn,which is thought by many cultures to have various medicinal properties.This of course,is false,yet now many rhino species are in dire trouble because of this notion.Poachers are often very poor people,and it is thought that one rhino horn could feed a poor family for a year!Therein lies the problem.Governments now protecting rhinos need to figure out how to feed the burgeoning human population,so they won't have to resort to poaching their precious wildlife!
Rhino horn is a component in Chinese herbal medicine and fetches a price per gram equivilent to gold. So Rhino poaching is a very lucrative activity. And then of course there the joy of getting to kill a large beast. It seems to be something human like to do.
It is because of the horn, which can be sold for huge amounts of money in certain parts of the world. The rhinos are killed or brought down any old how and the horn is hacked off.

While it would be possible to tranquilise them to take the horn off, the poachers haven't got access to that kind of equipment and will use whatever they have. On one extra sad occasion a rhino was found de horned but alive, with a badly shattered skull. It took days to die.
Rhino horn is used in quack Chinese medicines, as a cure for many ailments.
They want them cause they want the calcium from the horns to make medication.

Why is it nessary for humans to eat fat?

it is NOT necessary for any human to eat fat or meat for that matter, we can live very well without it.

Rhino sales and marketing montego bay there address in montego bay?

it is located at carjars plaza, which is located between tastee at clock tower and the entrance to wesgate hills

Are there any rhinos in Nigeria?

There are two species of rhino in Africa today. The whiten rhino is not know to have ever lived in Nigeria. The black rhino used to live in the northern area of Nigeria, back in the 1700s. However, they are now extirpated from Nigeria.

How the great indian rhinoceros helps the rhino apple tree in dispersing its seeds?

The Indian Rhino's usually feed in the forest eating the apples during the heat of the day. In the cool of the evening they eventually move out into open grasslands. It is here that they perform their final duty. Neatly deposited with a ration of fertlising manure, the seeds of the apple tree.

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As a college student, Barrett was very much interested in how pure science could become applied science. At the age of 26, he earned a doctorate at Stanford University in materials science.

What do rhinoceroses look like?

A rhino is a large (1500kg-3500kg), grey, thick skinned (paciderm) mammal. It has a maximum height of around 1.7 metres and is around 4 metres long. The rhino's head is long and elongated with eyes at about mid-point between its nucal hump (neck muscle) and lips with relativaly large ears.On the front of the rhinos skull are two horns, the one in front is much larger than the second. This animal is found through out southern Africa and India. The rhino is an odd-toed ungulate with short stuby looking legs and can gain speeds of up to 35km an hour.

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