 | Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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| The Black Rhino feeds mostly on thorns, and like all game, especially in the hot dry season, he drinks nightly, so it is not difficult to pick up his spoor and follow him to his resting place which, in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, is usually in the hills. |
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| Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
| In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 |
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| Unlike the Elephant, which generally sleeps standing, the rhino lies down, although I have seen one asleep when on his legs. |
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| Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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| The natives are certainly as much afraid of him as they are of the Elephant, although in the opinion of most hunters he is classed as the least dangerous of all the larger game.
The probable reasons for the very different opinions as to the risks of shooting Rhino is that the nature of the beast... |
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| Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
| In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 |
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| Black Rhino are as fond as the White species of wallowing in mud or rolling in dust, which gives their hides a variety of shades, from grey to red. |
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| Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119
| In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 |
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| In the Baringo district Rhino were both numerous and aggressive, and the tale is told that before the days of the railway one of them charged a line of prisoners laden with the baggage of an official. The unfortunate men, who were chained by the neck, were unable to take flight, and several of t... |
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| Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119
| In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 |
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| As with Elephants, the older males often seek solitude or the company of one other male, for the greater part of the year, although at times a family party may be encountered with the calf leading the way, guided by the tip of its mother's horn, and the bull bringing up the rear. A Black Rhino f... |
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| Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119
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| In the Baringo district Rhino were both numerous and aggressive, and the tale is told that before the days of the railway one of them charged a line of prisoners laden with the baggage of an official. The unfortunate men, who were chained by the neck, were unable to take flight, and several of t... |
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| Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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| Attack on train in Kenya
The Black Rhino is pig-like both mentally and physically and little or no provocation is required to make it take the offensive. On at least one occasion in the earlier days of the Kenya-Uganda railway it charged an approaching train, meeting it obliquely near the front... |
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| Hazewinkel, J.C. 1932 A rhino-hunt in Sumatra. Java Gazette 1 (5) Suppl: i-viii, figs. 1-10 |
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| But Allah be praised, that day our luck was really incredible. We had been scouring the bush for five days, without the tiniest bit of luck. Then, when least expected, our friend passed at less than a hundred yards from the very ladang we had chosen for our camp. This sounds unbelievable, for ... |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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| In fighting bite with the large incisor teeth, use their horn, and finish by trampling an adversary. |
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