White Rhinoceros’s name comes from the Afrikaans word “weit”, which means wide and refers to the shape of its mouth which is square-lipped compared with its cousin, the black rhino which has a pointed top lip.
Rhinos tend to wallow in the mud, which serves as a cooling technique, effective sun protection and insect repellent. After wallowing, the visual colour of the animal inevitably matches the colour of the local soil, they feed mainly on grasses and are lovingly known as the lawnmowers.
White rhinos have a more pronounced shoulder hump, they have almost no hair only on their ears, tail tips and eyelashes, they also have two horns. Adult males weigh between 1,800 and 2,500 kg and females 1,800 to 2,000 kg. White rhinos are surprisingly agile and can run very fast, up to 40 km/h for short periods of time.
