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RHINOS
I love all animals of the world. They are all beautiful and wonderfully, uniquely made. Every animal has a purpose and role to play on Earth. But my favorite animal would be the rhinoceros. Many people out there think they're ugly, dirty, bad-tempered, and they just don't care. But I love them - they are so unique, cool, primitive, prehistoric creatures that have been on Earth for thousands of years. There used to be more than 100 rhino species that lived on almost all continents but Antarctica, but due to climate change and hunting, only 5 remain:
1. The Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) - it lives in Africa, and was once widespread (in 1960, there were 77,000!) but because of horrible poaching, they are listed as a Critically Endangered species and only about 3,000 remain. Most people claim them to be 'bad-tempered', but they are NOT! Rhinos have excellent sense of smell and hearing, but poor eyesight, and they tend to get spooked (scared) easily; the Black Rhino gets scared easily the most of all the other rhino species; not that it's mean! Rhinos in general, despite its huge size, are shy, quiet, non-predatory, peaceful, and herbivorous animals that do not like...
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