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White Rhinoceros v African Forest Elephant
Topic Started: Jan 28 2012, 01:31 PM (22,340 Views)
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White Rhinoceros - Ceratotherium simum
The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. White Rhinoceroses are found in grassland and savannah habitat. Herbivore grazers that eat grass, preferring the shortest grains, the White Rhinoceros is one of the largest pure grazers. White Rhinoceroses produce sounds which include a panting contact call, grunts and snorts during courtship, squeals of distress, and deep bellows or growls when threatened. Threat displays (in males mostly) include wiping its horn on the ground and a head-low posture with ears back, combined with snarl threats and shrieking if attacked. The White Rhinoceros is quick and agile and can run 50 km/h (31 mph). The White Rhinoceros is the world's largest land mammal after the three species of elephant. It has a massive body and large head, a short neck and broad chest. The head and body length is 3.4 to 4.2 m (11 to 14 ft), with the tail adding another 37 to 71 cm (15 to 28 in). Shoulder height is 1.5 to 2 m (4 ft 10 in to 6 ft 7 in). Weight in this animal typically ranges from 1,360 to 3,630 kg (3,000 to 8,000 lb). The male, averaging 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) is slightly heavier than the female, at an average of 1,700 kg (3,700 lb). The largest recorded White Rhinoceros was about 4,500 kg (9,900 lb). On its snout it has two horn-like growths, one behind the other. These are made of solid keratin, in which they differ from the horns of bovids (cattle and their relatives), which are keratin with a bony core, and deer antlers, which are solid bone. The front horn is larger and averages 90 cm (35 in) in length, reaching as much as 150 cm (59 in).

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African Forest Elephant - Loxodonta cyclotis
The African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a forest dwelling elephant of the Congo Basin. Formerly considered either a synonym or a subspecies of the African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), a 2010 study established that the two are distinct species. These forest-dwelling elephants are smaller and darker than their savanna relatives and have smaller and characteristically rounded ears. The upper lip and nose are elongated into a trunk that is more hairy than that of the savanna elephants'. The male African Forest Elephant rarely exceed 2.5 metres (8 ft) in height, while the African Bush Elephant is usually over 3 meters (just under 10 feet) and sometimes almost 4 meters (13 ft) tall. With regard to the number of toenails: the African Bush Elephant normally has 4 toenails on the frontfoot and 3 on the hindfoot, the African Forest Elephant normally has 5 toenails on the frontfoot and 4 on the hindfoot (like the Asian elephant), but hybrids between the two species occur.
Male shoulder height: up to 2.5 m
Weight 2.7 - 6 tonnes

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African Forest elephant vs White rhino
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but african forest elephant can easily reach 4000 kg and are very comman [sic]
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and on the other hand its [sic] very very rare for biggest white rhino to even reach 4000 kg, the biggest white rhino was measured to be 4000 kg.
White rhinoceri don't seem to realistically reach this size (link).
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Forest elephant tusk seems long enough to gore the rhino.

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Aug 12 2016, 10:53 AM
african forest elephant would win 10/10 times,there are no accounts of white rhino killing any elephant, elephant are the strongest and biggest animals,african forest elephant would just gore and stomp and trample white rhino.

its basically same asian elephant vs white rhino, we know that asian elephant are far more stronger than white rhino.

and yes white rhino horn can do some injury to african forest elephant.
10/10? Really? I belive the Elepant will dominate and all but still.
yes 10/10 if they ever got into fight white rhino would stand chance, elephant basically destroy big tress,believe me those too tusks of elephant are more stronger bigger than rhino horns.
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elephant can get almost double the size of average white rhino
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how easily male elephant flip female rhino without using much effort.Posted Image
Two things

One, the photo of the Elephant flipping Rhino, that is a Bush Elephant which can be more than 2× as heavy as a Forest Elephant

Two, the Rhino in that photo is a Black Rhino which is a helluva lot smaller than any White Rhino

So those 2 photos are irrelephant lol
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yes 10/10 if they ever got into fight white rhino would stand chance, elephant basically destroy big tress,believe me those too tusks of elephant are more stronger bigger than rhino horns.
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elephant can get almost double the size of average white rhino
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how easily male elephant flip female rhino without using much effort.Posted Image
Two things

One, the photo of the Elephant flipping Rhino, that is a Bush Elephant which can be more than 2× as heavy as a Forest Elephant

Two, the Rhino in that photo is a Black Rhino which is a helluva lot smaller than any White Rhino

So those 2 photos are irrelephant lol
Agreed, hes using a Rhino weaker then the Rhino were using, also a female Rhino, and uses a Elephant much stronger then the one were using thats also a male.
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elephant can get almost double the size of average white rhino
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how easily male elephant flip female rhino without using much effort.Posted Image
Two things

One, the photo of the Elephant flipping Rhino, that is a Bush Elephant which can be more than 2× as heavy as a Forest Elephant

Two, the Rhino in that photo is a Black Rhino which is a helluva lot smaller than any White Rhino

So those 2 photos are irrelephant lol
Agreed, hes using a Rhino weaker then the Rhino were using, also a female Rhino, and uses a Elephant much stronger then the one were using thats also a male.
Do you know if the Black Rhino died during the attack
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It did. If not kept in check by older bulls young males can form gangs and go around killing rhinos, white and black alike.

http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/in-the-absence-of-fathers-a-story-of-elephants-and-men/
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It did. If not kept in check by older bulls young males can form gangs and go around killing rhinos, white and black alike.

http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/in-the-absence-of-fathers-a-story-of-elephants-and-men/
Damn... Never knew Elephants did stuff like that.
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I favour the rhino if the weights are near parity, but obviously the elephant if it is much bigger.
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elephant wins this,but won't be easy against white rhino still i give elephant 9/10.

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if i am correct isn't that forest elephant in the picture tossing buffalo in air.

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elephant wins this,but won't be easy against white rhino still i give elephant 9/10.

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if i am correct isn't that forest elephant in the picture tossing buffalo in air.

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May I ask why that picture is of relevance in this threaday?
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the power of elephant it can toss around 500 kg buffalo like nothing,that's how strong elephants are.
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the power of elephant it can toss around 500 kg buffalo like nothing,that's how strong elephants are.
I suppose the Elephant has a obvious advantage in strength, but a Rhino is in a completely different league from Buffaloes, and Rhinos kill Buffalo's easily anyway.
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the power of elephant it can toss around 500 kg buffalo like nothing,that's how strong elephants are.
I suppose the Elephant has a obvious advantage in strength, but a Rhino is in a completely different league from Buffaloes, and Rhinos kill Buffalo's easily anyway.
that's what i am saying it won't be easy for elephant for defeat rhino, even bush elephant can toss around white rhino in air.
yes white rhino can easily toss around buffalo too.
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Imagine being a person inside that car.
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if i am correct isn't that forest elephant in the picture tossing buffalo in air.
Looks like a bush elephant in the savanna to me, although the buffalo looks like a forest buffalo. Source of the photos?
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