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In some Arabic countries, the rhino horn is used symbolically to indicate manhood. In several Asian countries, rhino horns are used in traditional medicine as a cure for many ailments. Black Rhinoceros conservationīlack rhinos are among the most endangered mammals in the world, primarily because of a recent resurgence in poaching them for their horns. Black rhinos live an average of 35 years in the wild. Although wobbly at first, the newborn is soon able to stand on its feet. Pregnancy lasts 15 to 16 months, and each calf tends to remain with its mother until the birth of her next offspring. To choose a male, all a female has to do is go to his territory when she's ready to mate.įemales reach sexual maturity at age 5-7 and have a single calf every 2 years.
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Females are not territorial and move through large home ranges that overlap with other females. Fights over territory between males can be fatal. They eat between 50 and 60 pounds a day.ĭominant males, called bulls, patrol and aggressively defend a small, exclusive territory, marking it with urine and dung. The black rhino was the most numerous of the worlds rhino species for much of the 20th century until the slew of poaching and clearing of land for settlement. They also use their horns to reach higher branches, break or knock down plants, or scrape bark off of trees. They use their prehensile lip to grab leaves and guide them into their mouths, then use their cheek teeth to chew it up. The oxpecker, for example, is a bird that eats the ticks and parasites from the rhino's back, and raises an alarm when it sees a threat to the rhino.īlack rhinos feed on the leaves and twigs of woody plants and herbs. Because their eyesight is poor, they count on the alarm calls of other animals. Black rhinos use their keen sense of hearing and smell to detect predators.