Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Animals - Hippos & Rhinos

Nola was the last American Northern White Rhino, one of three now left on the planet. Nola was rescued from her African savanna as a child by the good, kind folks at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Poaching has decimated Nola's species due to the fallacy that rhino horns are thought to possess magical medicinal powers. They do not. Nevertheless...rhino horns are big business. Extinction is an ugly word. Greed is an uglier word. What to do? Understand what happened to Nola and her kind. Learn the lessons that Nola teaches us. And then, tell our children Nola's story using gentle, evocative...

It all started with a book Kelsey's mom read, The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony, which tells the story of his early years establishing the Thula Thula Game Reserve in South Africa and the incredible bond he built with a rogue herd of wild elephants.

Lawrence's conservation efforts soon became focused on the African rhino population that was in danger of extinction because of poaching. Due to local poaching near Thula Thula, more than a few orphaned baby rhinos were brought to Thula Thula, lovingly raised from infancy and then released to the wild.

Two of the...

What's the deadliest animal in Africa? It's not the lion or the crocodile--it's the hippopotamus Hippos have razor-sharp tusks, weigh as much as fifty men, and can run twenty-five miles per hour Follow these hefty hulks as they glide underwater, play tug-of-war, swat balls of dung at one another, and nuzzle their young in the mud. Just don't get too close--they could chomp you in two

Tough, Bad-Tempered and Dangerous

Are Rhinos really bad-tempered, tough and dangerous? Enter the amazing world of these prehistoric and ancient looking creatures.

Did you know that White Rhinos are not really white in color?

Discover how heavy Rhinos are, how many types there are and why they are fast disappearing all over the world.

Learn what substance Rhino horn is made from and what Rhinos use their horns for, and many more interesting facts.

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