Rhinoceros

18/06/2022

18/06/2022

18/06/2022

These incredible creatures are some of the biggest animals in world! The largest of the five species is the white rhino, which can grow to 1.8m tall and and weigh a massive 2,500kg – that’s the weight of 30 men!

18/06/2022

These brilliant beasts are known for their awesome, giant horns that grow from their snouts – hence the name “rhinoceros’, meaning “nose horn”. Javan and Indian rhinos have one horn, where as the white, black and Sumatran rhinos have two.

31/05/2022

Rhinos are one of the largest animals on the planet. The rhinoceros got its recognition thanks to the horn growing on the top of the nose. Although the horn made him famous, he also brought a bad reputation, because of which all species of rhinos are on the verge of extinction.

31/05/2022

A rhinoceros has three toes on each foot, and a hoof on each toe.

29/05/2022

The horn of a rhinoceros is very strong, but it does not consist of bone, but of keratin (a substance found in human nails and hair) and the outer layer of hair.