![]() ![]() The lip hooks onto the food and brings the food into the mouth. This lip works as a tool to grasp leaves and hold branches. Prehensile lipīlack rhinos have a special type of lip called a prehensile lip. ![]() Mama black rhinos use their horns to guide their babies and protect them. They also use their horns to dig for water and break up branches to eat. They use their horns to defend themselves and their territories. If the black rhinoceros loses its horn, it will grow a new one. A black rhinoceros horn is attached to its skin. The horn grows just as our nails and hair do. Keratin is the same thing that human hair and nails are made of. The horns of a rhino are made of keratin. When two creatures help each other, it’s called a “symbiotic relationship”. The skin of the black rhino is kept free from biting insects and infections. Ox-peckers receive their nutrients from feeding on the rhino's skin. They also eat parasites from their host's wounds. The birds remove ticks and other insects from the black rhino’s skin. The birds and the oxpeckers help each other. Black rhinoceros are most active and look for food during the night, and at dusk and dawn.īirds called ox-peckers spend a lot of time hitchhiking on the backs of black rhinos. ![]() They are the least active during the hottest part of the day. Both male and female rhinos mark their territory with urine and poop.īlack rhinos can be active both day and night. A female rhino's territory is double that size. A male rhino's territory is about two-and-a-half miles. Male rhinos have a smaller territory than females. They mostly live in grasslands, savannahs, and tropical bush habitats.īlack rhinos are typically solitary creatures and territorial. The black rhinoceros can live in a variety of habitats that range from open plains to dry forests. Almost all of the black rhino population is found in the countries of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. Habitatīlack Rhinos live in different areas of the African continent. Female rhinoceros are smaller than males. A black rhinoceros grows to be fifteen hundred to twenty-nine hundred pounds. They are half the height of a Jeep and can weigh as much as a pickup truck. They roll in mud in their habitat, and the dried mud affects their color.īlack rhinoceros are large creatures. Black rhinos can appear to be other colors, like brown or white. The front horn is larger, and the rear horn is smaller. Black rhinos have small black eyes set in facial wrinkles. They have thin tails that hang about halfway down their bodies. They have four hooved feet with three toes. Physical Descriptionīlack rhinoceros have a large head with a short neck, a stocky body, and short legs. The black rhinoceros is one of two African species of rhinoceros. ![]()
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