Rhinos are second-class continental animals, white rhinos weigh up to 1.4-3.6 tons, have small eyes and poor vision, but have a fairly keen sense of hearing and smell, most especially the horns grow on the nose, and the horns can reach up to 1.5 meters. The main species are white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, Indian rhinoceros, Javan rhinoceros, Sumatran rhinoceros
Rhinos are under siege
Few animals in the animal kingdom can beat it, don't look at the African black rhino so bulky, but the running speed can reach 45 kilometers per hour, the "hand" is flexible, other types of rhinos running speed is not inferior, rhinos are very cute and bulky animals, with hard skin, like to roll in the mud pit, this is because the huge rhino skin has folds, the skin in the slit is thin and delicate, parasites like to hide in it, blood-sucking mosquitoes will also suck rhino blood for a living, in order to drive away parasites, Rhinos are comfortable rolling in muddy water.
Rhinoceros and cow starlings
In addition to parasites like to drill into rhinos, rhino birds also like to follow rhinos, pecking at parasitic mosquitoes on them, which is what we see very harmonious rhinos and birds, "enemies" come, will chirp abnormally away from the rhinos, rhinos receive signals will be alert to the surrounding environment. Rhinos are primarily a human threat, with the last rhino in China extinct in 1972 due to human hunting.
Reasons for the decline in rhinos
Rhinoceros is the most rare is its horn, is the precious medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine, some countries also as a symbol of social status status, the international market for rhino horn is still in demand, poachers can get rich wealth, in the 1980s, 95% of Tanzanian black rhinos fell under the gun of poachers, the number of reduced from 3000 to 100, the speed of reduction is shocking! With the development of the times and various factors of the environment, caused by less and less, which of course is also closely related to the breeding of rhinos, rhinos breeding the next generation and sheep, buffalo is not the same, rhino bred a small rhino process is very long, the entire gestation period of 17-18 months, every 4-5 years the female rhino will give birth to a child, and the baby rhino to follow the mother for 3 years to be able to live independently. Also in the face of poachers, environmental factors, a rhino healthy and smooth growth is not easy.
In order to protect rare species, as a member of the International Wild Trade Convention, China adopted conservation measures in 1993, and the Chinese government issued a ban on the use of rhino horn. Whether animals or plants, as long as they exist, play a role in ecological balance, the resources we have now, if not well protected, may only be known through words and pictures in the future.
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