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India - Be in the Rendezvous land of color,
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 Structure: The Indian rhino has well-developed incisor teeth and two long canine teeth in its lower jaw. It is studded with knob-like tubercles and is unique in having huge folds of skin at its joints and great rolls at the neck. Together with the large, horny plates covering its body, the beast appears to be armour plated. |
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 Meal: The diet of the Indian rhino consists of grass, fruit, leaves, branches, aquatic plants, and cultivated crops. The prehensile upper lip is used to curl around grass stems to bring them into its mouth. When eating aquatic plants, rhinos submerge their entire heads and tear the plant up by the roots. They spend there nights, early mornings, or late afternoons foraging for food in order to avoid the heat of the day. |
Rhino Trivia:» Indian rhinos are vulnerable to sunburn. By wallowing in mud, they protect their skin form the sun. » The first weeks after giving birth, mother rhinos produce 5 - 7 gallons of milk daily. » The Baluchitherium, an ancestor of the Indian rhino, was the largest land mammal that ever lived. It was 18 feet high and 36 feet long. It lived over 20 million years ago
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