Rhinoceros, commonly
shortened to rhino, is any of
the five extant species of
odd-toed ungulates in the
Rhinocerotidae family.
Two of the extant
species are found in Africa,
while the other three are found
in Southern Asia.
The term "rhinoceros" is
often used to refer to
now-extinct species of the
Rhinocerotoidea superfamily.
The rhinoceros
family includes some of the
largest remaining
megafauna, with all species
capable of weighing one
tonne or more.
They have a herbivorous diet
and a small brains for their
size which is 400 to 600
grams.
They have one or two
horns, and a thick (1.5 to 5
cm) protective skin made up of
collagen layers arranged in a
lattice structure.
They generally eat
leafy material, although their
ability to ferment food in
their hindgut allows them to
subsist on more fibrous plant
matter when necessary.
Rhinoceros are killed by some
poachers for their horns,
which are bought and sold on the
black market, and used by some
cultures for ornaments or
traditional medicine.
Lions prefer to live
in savannas and grasslands.
They spend most of
their time in the bushes.
In comparison to
the other cats, they are less
social.
The male lion is
incredibly distinctive, and
the lion's face is widely
recognized as a symbol in human
culture.
It sleeps and rests
for about 16 to 20 hours per
day.
The lion is one of the big
cats that lives in prides.
The pride is
primarily made up of members of
the pride's family.
They also cooperate
to defend and hunt their
territory.
The female in the
pride is the one who does the
majority of the hunting.
Rhino tend to hit
weights of 5000 pounds and
above, so more than five times
the weight of a cape buffalo and
are also built like a tank.
Adult male rhinos are
solitary animals, except
when fighting.
They can also be extremely
aggressive and have no problem
attacking anything in
their immediate vicinity.
If there is a
battle between a Rhino and a
Lion, the result will be exciting
and full of anticipation.
The Rhino could charge at the
Lion and send it flying into the
air.
Therefore, the rhino would
win the fight.
Its most likely that the Rhino
knocks the lion out with its
large horns.
There have been cases of lions
preying on rhinos, but that
is with a coordinated
attack by an entire pride.
A single lion
attacking a rhino typically
doesn’t happen because such a
thing is generally
suicide.
Rhinos are very thick
skinned, pack a big horn and are
really strong.
There are only 2 land animals on
Earth that can fight a
rhinoceros.
That’s an elephant and a
hippopotamus.
Rhino calves are mainly targeted
by lions but some weak,
injured and old adults have been
reportedly killed by the
felines.
Elephant are much bigger and
heavier.
The average adult
bull elephant stands 10.8 feet
tall and weighs about 6 tons.
With an average height of 6 feet
and a weight of 2.3 tons, the
male white rhino appears small.
Both animals are capable of using
brute force to attack, have
incredible stamina, and are
equally intelligent,
which may explain why they
rarely fight.
The elephant would attack
with its tusks and feet, but
the rhino might have the upper
hand.
A rhino can reach speeds
of up to 50 kilometers per
hour.
The rhino, with its
incredible speed and agility,
would be able to strike first
with its razor-sharp
solid keratin horn.rhino
managed to penetrate it’s
under belly.
Cheetahs traded raw power for
speed when they were evolving.
They don’t have the equipment to
bring down especially large
prey because they shed all
that excess weight to be
really really fast.
So a rhinoceros is
completely out of the cheetah’s
league.
The smaller of the
two African rhinos, the
black rhinoceros, is
as much as two tons, twenty
times the weight of average