Rhino - Black & White

[Lisbeth]

It is not the Serengeti in Namibia

An angry rhinoceros attacked a zookeeper's car at the Serengeti Park in the German state of Lower Saxony, flipping the vehicle over three times with its massive horns. The zookeeper managed to avoid any serious injuries, but her hatchback was wrecked by the 30-year-old rhino bull, named Kusini.

Video of the attack showed the giant animal goring the car and tossing it around like a rag doll. Kusini eventually left the totaled vehicle alone and the zookeeper was able to leave the area safely.

According to the Daily Mail, Kusini has been at the park for the last 18 months and has had a hard time acclimating to his new surroundings. Fabrizio Sepe, the manager of the Serengeti Park, says park officials do not know why the animal attacked the car, which was painted with stripes to resemble a zebra.

Sepe says that visitors do not need to worry because Kusini is only allowed on the premises after the park closes for the night and is kept in captivity as part of a breeding program during the day.

[Richprins]

A rare pic from the Letaba area by leachy in 2012:

[Richprins]

Rhino believed to be 'world's oldest' dies aged 57 in Tanzania






The oldest free-ranging rhino Fausta has died in Tanzania.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority

Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA - A black rhino believed to be the oldest in the world has died in Tanzania at the age of 57, according to authorities in Ngorongoro where the animal was living.

The female rhino, named Fausta, died of what is believed to be natural causes on December 27 in a sanctuary, after living most of her life in the wild, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority said in a statement on Saturday.



"Records show that Fausta lived longer than any rhino in the world and survived in the Ngorongoro, free-ranging, for more than 54 years" before she was moved to a sanctuary in 2016, said the statement.

"Fausta was first located in the Ngorongoro crater in 1965 by a scientist from the University of Dar Es Salaam, at the age between three and four years. Her health begun to deteriorate in 2016, when we were forced to put the animal in captivity, after several attacks from hyena and severe wounds thereafter," it added.



Sana, a female southern white rhino, aged 55, was considered the world's oldest white rhino when she died in captivity at the La Planete Sauvage Zoological park in France, in 2017.

Ngorongoro estimates the life expectancy of rhinos to be between 37 and 43 years in the wild, while they can live to over 50 in captivity.

https://www.enca.com/news/rhino-believe ... 7-tanzania

[Lisbeth]

A natural death for a rhino is getting rarer these days and at such an old age moreover

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
2012
Driving slowly from Skukuza, I noticed a rhino in the bushes some 150m off the road. I could see it wasn't a white rhino. I spent probably 2 hours waiting for him to get closer and closer until he caught a whiff of me and came to investigate.
Tinged by Twig
(Photos)

[Peter Betts]

Blackies are always fighting ..took one to the throat I see

[Richprins]

Peter!

Not to be confused with the wounds on the side, which are parasites!

[Richprins]

Safariholic
@RemmerPeter
@SANParksKNP
Rhino family
enjoying the rain in Krüger
(2017)

[Peter Betts]

This sighting was very special for me ..waiting on my own at my favorite Deep South Waterhole when these 2 pitched up ..The little guy was really inquisitive ..The light needs a click

[Richprins]

Peter!