Calcutta correspondent 1907. Odds and ends: photograph of female rhinoceros lying on her back in the mud. Wide World Magazine 18: 311.
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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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Perth Zoo 1951. Rhinoceros arrives for South Perth Zoo. West Australian [newspaper] Wednesady 24 January 1951: 3.
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Goldau, A. 2007. Book review: Armin Püttger-Conradt, Der Fluch des Horns. Kritische Ökologie: Zeitschrift für Umwelt und Entwicklung 22 (2), Nr. 69: 28-30.
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Goldau, A. 2007. Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt: die Stunde der Reproduktions-manager. Kritische Ökologie: Zeitschrift für Umwelt und Entwicklung 22 (2), Nr. 69: 25-28.
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Puettger-Conradt, A. 2007. Das südliche Breitmaulnashorn – eine Erfolgsgeschichte, die Mut macht. Kritische Ökologie: Zeitschrift für Umwelt und Entwicklung 22 (2), Nr. 69: 22-24.
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Puettger-Conradt, A. 2007. Kongo-Nashörner im Machtspiel der Weltpolitik. Kritische Ökologie: Zeitschrift für Umwelt und Entwicklung 22 (2), Nr. 69: 18-21.
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Goldau, A. 2007. Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt – Nashörner im 21. Jahrhundert. Kritische Ökologie: Zeitschrift für Umwelt und Entwicklung 22 (2), Nr. 69: 14-18.
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Webster, F.A.M. 1919. The one-handed hunter and the rhinoceros. Wide World Magazine 43 (258) October: 459-462.
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Maine, B. 1936. Our ambassador king: His Majesty King Edward VIII’s life of devotion and service as Prince of Wales. London, Hutchinson and Co.
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Bright, R.G.T. 1907. On the frontier in Central Africa. Wide World Magazine 18 (107) February: 528-535.
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Stanton, H.R. 1939. The only adult rhinoceroses captured in Africa: pachyderms who liked being petted and stroked. Illustrated London News 1939 February 4: 163, figs. 1-5.
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Unlike elephant tusks or cattle horns, rhino horns are made entirely of keratin — the same protein found in human hair and fingernails. They're essentially compressed hair that grows continuously throughout the rhino's life.
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