The White Rhino - Natures Tank

During my visit to the Kruger National Park in South Africa, I was lucky enough to cross paths with a member of the legendary big five. I managed to get these awesome shots of a family of White Rhino's but thankfully I was within the safety of my vehicle the time, not like it would have helped though because if they had decided to charge at me, I would of still been in load of trouble as these guys are like natures armored tanks.

South Africa is home to two species of rhinoceros, the black and the white rhinoceros. There is an estimated four thousand black rhino and twenty thousand white rhino's that are surviving in the wild today, however sadly these number are rapidly declining due the amount of poachers that are killing these beautiful animal for their horns.

The differences between the white and black rhinoceros and be seen by the illustration below

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The white rhino has a much wider mouth and stands up to 1.8 meters in height, weighing in at over two tons, second only to the African elephant in size. Black rhino's on the other hand are smaller in size standing up to 1.6 meters in height and weighing up to 1400 kilograms.