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Posted on: Thursday, 2 July 2009
Going Wild

The Rhino

Posted to: Game and Wildlife Encounters, Photos of South Africa

Enjoy and/or con­trib­ute to our photo gal­lery of the Rhino. We asked vis­it­ors to share their hol­i­day snaps with us. Below is a gal­lery and some of the exper­i­ences that trav­el­lers had while game view­ing in our beau­ti­ful coun­try. Click on any photo to enlarge and view a slideshow.

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The Rhino {Diceros Bicornis or Ceratotherium Simum}
The rhino­ceros is a large, prim­it­ive look­ing mam­mal that in fact dates from the Miocene era mil­lions of years ago. In recent dec­ades rhi­nos have been relent­lessly hunted to the point of near extinc­tion. Since 1970 the world rhino pop­u­la­tion has declined by 90 per­cent, with five spe­cies remain­ing in the world today, all of which are ... read more about The Rhino.

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