White Rhino, Hluhluwe: 7-8 October

One of my favourite snaps: that is not zoomed in! The rhino is <10m>wijd which means wide, as the white rhino is square-jawed for grazing on the grass, as shown. While the black rhino (just named as opposites) has a pointed jaw with sharp incisors for breaking the branches of scrub/trees on which it browses.
The black rhino is part of Africa's "Big 5" game animals (elephant, black rhino, leopard, buffalo & lion) - not grouped according to any scientific thing, just their sheer difficulty to hunt in days gone by. The black rhino is particularly aggressive & prone to charging, while the white is more placid and just grazes quietly, cow like.

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