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Ngorogoro Crater.

On first encountering this magnificent creature, we were a few kilometers away in the crater watching wildebeest and zebra. We became aware of a gathering of vehicles that ended up numbering around 60, that were lined up along a stretch of road. Our driver moved us towards them, which was when we first spotted this impressive fellow, making his way across the crater floor to a waterhole beyond the vehicles. Unfortunately, though, a lot of the vehicles were not doing the best thing for this guy and ended up blocking the road. He was visibly distressed at not being able to continue to his destination. Now after a little bit of time, vehicles began to drive offroad in an attempt to get closer to him. That is against regulations and not permitted. One or more of the other drivers, seeing this, radioed through to the Park authorities, who then proceeded to drive alongside the vehicles and take photos of the offending ones, whilst verbally disciplining them. The usual process in this type of case then involves the drivers of the offending vehicles to present themselves at the Park HQ offices to explain their actions. Eventually, with the assistance of the Park Rangers, the Rhino was given an opening between all the vehicles and was able to move through, but this just goes to show the stupidity of humans when it comes to observing and respecting wild animals.

White rhinos are the second largest land mammal after the elephant. Adult males can reach 1.85m in height and tip the scales at a massive 3.6 tonnes. Females are considerably smaller but can still weigh in at an impressive 1.7 tonnes. White rhinos are also known as the square-lipped rhinoceros due to their square (not pointed) upper lip. Their name comes from the Afrikaans word “weit”, which means wide and refers to the animal’s muzzle. Compared to black rhinos , white rhinos have a longer skull, a less sharply defined forehead, a more pronounced shoulder hump. They have almost no hair and two horns. The front horn averages 60 cm, but occasionally reaches 150 cm in length.

Source: wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endan…

Description
Ngorogoro Crater.

On first encountering this magnificent creature, we were a few kilometers away in the crater watching wildebeest and zebra. We became aware of a gathering of vehicles that ended up numbering around 60, that were lined up along a stretch of road. Our driver moved us towards them, which was when we first spotted this impressive fellow, making his way across the crater floor to a waterhole beyond the vehicles. Unfortunately, though, a lot of the vehicles were not doing the best thing for this guy and ended up blocking the road. He was visibly distressed at not being able to continue to his destination. Now after a little bit of time, vehicles began to drive offroad in an attempt to get closer to him. That is against regulations and not permitted. One or more of the other drivers, seeing this, radioed through to the Park authorities, who then proceeded to drive alongside the vehicles and take photos of the offending ones, whilst verbally disciplining them. The usual process in this type of case then involves the drivers of the offending vehicles to present themselves at the Park HQ offices to explain their actions. Eventually, with the assistance of the Park Rangers, the Rhino was given an opening between all the vehicles and was able to move through, but this just goes to show the stupidity of humans when it comes to observing and respecting wild animals.

White rhinos are the second largest land mammal after the elephant. Adult males can reach 1.85m in height and tip the scales at a massive 3.6 tonnes. Females are considerably smaller but can still weigh in at an impressive 1.7 tonnes. White rhinos are also known as the square-lipped rhinoceros due to their square (not pointed) upper lip. Their name comes from the Afrikaans word “weit”, which means wide and refers to the animal’s muzzle. Compared to black rhinos , white rhinos have a longer skull, a less sharply defined forehead, a more pronounced shoulder hump. They have almost no hair and two horns. The front horn averages 60 cm, but occasionally reaches 150 cm in length.

Source: wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endan…