Tailor-made safaris and travel to Southern Africa
|
Tailor-made safaris and travel to Southern Africa |
|
|
|
RHINOSIt is largely due to the conservation efforts of Southern Africans that these majestic beasts have been saved from extinction. Poached for their horns (which are used for ceremonial daggers in North Yemen and as an aphrodisiac in south east Asia), these animals are precariously endangered north of the Zambezi river. There are two species of rhinoceros in Africa, so-called white and black rhinos (misnomers stemming from the Afrikaans word describing the white rhino's "wide" mouth). White rhinos have square lips, are strictly grazers, and are the world's second heaviest land animals (after elephants). Black rhinos are slightly smaller, with hooked lips for browsing, and are significantly more aggressive than the relatively docile white rhino. Rhinos are among the oldest of all mammals - fossilized remains of a black rhino have been found in Namibia that date back 23 million years.  Back to Classic African Wildlife Call toll-free on 1-888-227-8311 or email us at
info@classicafrica.com |
