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| White Rhinoceros v African Forest Elephant | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 28 2012, 01:31 PM (22,340 Views) | |
| Taipan | Jan 28 2012, 01:31 PM Post #1 |
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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). ![]() 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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| Ausar | Aug 13 2016, 12:49 AM Post #61 |
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Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can!
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Citation needed. White rhinoceri don't seem to realistically reach this size (link). |
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| Gyirin | Aug 13 2016, 12:54 AM Post #62 |
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Forest elephant tusk seems long enough to gore the rhino.
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| Mammuthus | Aug 13 2016, 04:16 AM Post #63 |
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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
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| SquamataOrthoptera | Aug 13 2016, 06:02 AM Post #64 |
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15 year old keyboard warrior!
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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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| Mammuthus | Aug 13 2016, 10:08 PM Post #65 |
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Do you know if the Black Rhino died during the attack |
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| Spartan | Aug 13 2016, 10:23 PM Post #66 |
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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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| SquamataOrthoptera | Aug 14 2016, 04:04 AM Post #67 |
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15 year old keyboard warrior!
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Damn... Never knew Elephants did stuff like that. |
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| Submit name request | Aug 16 2016, 07:16 AM Post #68 |
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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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| animalkingdom | Sep 12 2016, 11:31 AM Post #69 |
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elephant wins this,but won't be easy against white rhino still i give elephant 9/10.![]() if i am correct isn't that forest elephant in the picture tossing buffalo in air.
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| SquamataOrthoptera | Sep 12 2016, 11:35 AM Post #70 |
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15 year old keyboard warrior!
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May I ask why that picture is of relevance in this threaday? |
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| animalkingdom | Sep 12 2016, 11:44 AM Post #71 |
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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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| SquamataOrthoptera | Sep 12 2016, 12:24 PM Post #72 |
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15 year old keyboard warrior!
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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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| animalkingdom | Sep 12 2016, 12:41 PM Post #73 |
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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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| The All-seeing Night | Sep 12 2016, 01:19 PM Post #74 |
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You are without honor
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Imagine being a person inside that car. Edited by The All-seeing Night, Sep 12 2016, 01:19 PM.
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| maker | Sep 12 2016, 03:45 PM Post #75 |
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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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