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Animals
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My Zoo
DCAA "Almaty Zoo Park" of the Department of Culture and Archives of Almaty, 166 Esenberlin St., Almaty, 050007
Tel.: +7 (727) 310-19-37
The White Rhino
The Red Book Animal
Nutrition
vegetation
Habitat area
on the territory of South Africa
Interesting facts:
  • The maximum speed at which a rhino can run is 50 km/h.
  • The horn of a rhinoceros is very durable, but it does not consist of bone, but of keratin.
  • To eat enough, a rhinoceros needs at least 70 kg of vegetation per day.
  • The skin thickness of a rhinoceros can reach 8 cm.
  • Rhinos can get sunburns. To avoid this, animals wallow in the mud.
  • Rhinos have a very sensitive sense of hearing and smell.
  • The white rhino is the largest living rhinoceros
  • The stomach of a rhinoceros processes food, but it does not absorb useful substances well.
  • Sometimes female white rhinos gather and live in groups.
  • The maximum life expectancy of a rhinoceros is 40-50 years in captivity
  • The longest horn of the Indian rhino is 60 centimeters, and that of the white rhino is 1.58 m.