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Are rhinos aggressive?
Despite their fearsome reputation and ability to charge at 50 kilometres per hour, rhinos are not naturally aggressive animals. They're more accurately described as defensive, preferring to be left alone to graze peacefully.
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Deng, Tao; Wang Shiqi; Hou, Sukuan 2013. A bizarre tandem-horned elasmothere rhino from the Late Miocene of northwestern China and origin of the true elasmothere. Chinese Science Bulletin 58 (15): 1811-1817. doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5574-4
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Demirel, F.A.; Mayda, S. 2014. A new Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Burdur Basin, S.W. Turkey. Russian Journal of Theriology 13 (2): 55-63.
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Delluc, B.; Delluc, G. 1979. La grotte ornée des Bernous à Bourdeilles (Dordogne). Bulletin de la Société préhistorique Française 76 (2): 39-45.
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Dathe, E. 1899. Zur Kenntnis des Diluviums in der Grafschaft Glatz. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin 20: 247-265.
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Daura, J.; Sanz, M.; Garcia, N.; Allué, E.; Vaquero, M.; Fierro, E.; Carrión, J.S.; Lopez-Garcia, J.M.; Blain, H.A.; Sánchez Marco, A.; Valls, C.; Albert, R.M.; Fornós, J.J.; Julià, R.; Fullola, J.M.; Zilhão, J. 2013. Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars (Gavà, Barcelona): the landscape of Heinrich Stadial 4 north of the “Ebro frontier” and implications for modern human dispersal into Iberia. Quaternary Science Reviews 60: 26-48. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.042
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International Rhino Foundation 2026. State of the Rhino Report 2026. Washington, IRF. pp. 1-15 (online only).
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Zhongyan Qiao; Abindinhazir, Z. 2026. Han Dynasty sculpture as a representational resource: formal, symbolic, and interpretive characteristics. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Sciences 10 (6): 1833-1845. doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2026.100600137
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Lei, Xiao-Le; Ruan, J.; Liang Xueyuan; Teixeira, R.; Zhang Jiangyue; Gilardet, A.; Zhou, X.; et al. 2026. Paleogenomics and habitat modeling reveal temperate Eurasian origins of woolly rhinoceroses. Science 393 (6816): 1122-1127. doi.org/10.1126/science.aed0430
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Arbogast, D.M. 2026. An unexpected clue to rhino pregnancy health. CREW Progress Report 2026 Spring: 2.
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Bruins-Van Sonsbeek, L.G.R.; Verschuren, M.C.M.; Kaal, S.; Lindenburg, P.W.; Rodenburg, K.W.; Clauss, M.; Speksnijder, A.G.C.L.; Rutten, V.P.M.G.; Bonnet, B.F.J.; Wittink, F. 2025. Rhinoceromics: a multi-amplicon study with clinical markers to transferrin saturation levels in ex-situ black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli). Frontiers in Microbiology 16: 1-19. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1515939
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Edinger, T. 1937. Ein Steinkern der Gehirn-, Nasen- und Nebenhöhlen von Chilotherium. Bulletin of the Geological Institute of Uppsala 27: 32-41.
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Russo, G.; Rivals, F.; Duval, M.; McLin, S.D.; Abo Fakher, M.A.; Haïdar-Boustani, M.; Martinez-Pillado, V.; et al. 2026. Lebanese faunal legacy collections uncover 400,000 years of woodland resilience and distinct hominin ecological strategies. Communications Earth & Environment 7 (706): 1-20. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03926-w
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Russo, G.; Bibi, F.; Tsimopoulou, C.; Duval, M.; Hilbert, Y.H.; Haïdar-Boustani, M.; Drucker, D.G.; et al. 2026. Long-term ecological stability in the Pleistocene central Levantine corridor revealed by enamel isotopes from Lebanon. Communications Earth & Environment 7 (705): 1-13. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03925-x
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