Big herbivores!

[Ashutosh]

(09-04-2019, 08:05 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(09-02-2019, 04:47 PM)Jimmy Wrote:

What do you think @Jimmy 
Is it the camera angle or can these guys actually get that large?

I've never seen any Rhino come close to the size this angle makes that Rhino look. But I've only seen a few and never any One Horned in the wild, only captivity. That's not to say they arent huge, I compared the One Horned I got to feed to a Jeep Cherokee, he was that huge.

At the beginning of 20th century, there were just 75 greater one horned rhinos (kaziranga had 18 in 1905. All the big ones were poached for trophies or traditional medicine). So, it’s taken them a century to finally reach their optimum size, who knows they may get bigger. This particular one looks bigger than most (certainly bigger than the two I saw at Dudhwa). Apparently, the largest one horned rhino weighed 4000kg that is equivalent to a medium sized Asiatic Elephant!!! There is a common misconception that the Indian Rhinos are not as big as the African ones, but they are definitely bigger than black rhinos and about 5-10% lighter than white rhinos on average weight. But, over the years they have been getting bigger and bulkier. What a beautiful giant, though. What is most surprising is that they can reach speeds upto 55km/hr! Just to put that in perspective, it would beat Usain Bolt in a 100 metre dash by 3 seconds - Animals that large should not be able to move that quick. Reply