Big herbivores!

[Ngala]

Diceros bicornis
Photo and information credits: David Lloyd Wildlife Photography
"Goodbye Big Ole Boy. Karanja was the Maasai Mara's most famous of its forty or so black rhinos, famous for his age but probably more so for his magnificent horns which made him so easily recognisable from the rest. 
Karanja was the oldest rhino in the reserve, and died of natural causes yesterday at the age of about 44. 
He was one of five founding originals of the Solio Game Reserve in Laikipia, established for the conservation of rhinos in 1970, before making the Maasai Mara his home.
He was a rare living link from an era when rhinos were still common, and just as much as it was a privilege to see him his natural surroundings, it becomes a relief to now know he completed his life naturally. 
The rangers removed his horns and left his body to nature.
3:00pm: A little news to add to my post today is that I believe Karanja is now on his way to Nairobi to be preserved in a museum."

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