across a rhino‚ this is no ordinary rhino‚ it’s a rhino without a horn‚ bleeding from where the horn was once at. One of the “modern dinosaurs” that is present today is the Rhinoceros‚ which is becoming extinct (“Learn Important Rhino Poaching Facts with Pictures”). In the world‚ mainly in South Africa‚ rhino poaching is becoming a popular activity for the wealthy and the poor. People that poach rhinos for their horns use them in illegal trade‚ which has boomed in recent years (“African Rhinos”). Rhino
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The word rhinoceros is derived through Latin from the Ancient Greek: ῥῑνόκερως‚ which is composed of ῥῑνο- (rhino-‚ "nose") and κέρας (keras‚ "horn"). The plural in English is rhinoceros or rhinoceroses’. The collective noun for a group of rhinoceroses is crash or herd.[3] The five living species fall into three categories. The two African species‚ the White Rhinoceros and the Black Rhinoceros‚ diverged during the early Pliocene (about 5 million years ago) but the Dicerotini group to which they
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Black Rhino Extinction The black rhino species is being killed off by poachers; having the rhino species go extinct is taking a toll on the rest of the African environment. The black rhino is an umbrella species(Gandhi). If we don’t take a stand now while the black rhino goes extinct then it will cause a certain sort of ripple effect in the African lands making it so many other species will be harmed‚ affected and or go extinct.This is important because species affect the land and we don’t want
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To what extend is legalizing the transportation of rhino horns an effective solution to the problem of falling numbers in the wild? Rhinos are count as one of the earth endangered species. They are killed for human’s medicinal usage even though there is no scientific to whether it can be used for a cure or not. The number of rhinos is reducing every single day and the shortage of rhinos can cause major problems such as jeopardizing the eco-system. Therefore‚ solutions must be made to solve the problems
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Sociology 180 Journal Assignment 3: Milking the Rhino 1. The benefits and advantages that tourism and conservancies are bringing to the tribal communities‚ Maasai and Himba‚ are: a. With there being more conservancies‚ there is more wildlife and people like wildlife and culture. Conservancies helps increase tourism which ultimately allows more people to come to Africa‚ thus allowing the lodges to produce money which in turn allows them to buy more land for conservancies. The money that
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Rhino poaching has escalated in recent years and is being driven by the demand for rhino horn in asian countries‚ particularly Vietnam. It is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine but more and more commonly now it is used as a status symbol to display someone’s success and wealth. As South African is home to the majority of rhinos in the world it is being heavily targeted by poachers. The scarcity of rhinos today price higher‚ and pressure on the declining rhino populations. For people whose annual
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Ecological and Economical Ramifications of Rhino Poaching in South Africa L. David Cohen SPEA-S 332 10 December 2014 The CITES international trade ban on rhino parts‚ specifically‚ the horn‚ has fallen ineffective in its effort to reduce the illegal poaching of rhinos in an attempt to limit supply‚ which has lead to an increase in demand and price. This economic response has provided poachers with a growing incentive to poach rhinos for their horn‚ threatening to drive the black (Diceros
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Black Rhino * Smaller than white rhino * Weighs up to 1400kg * Small hooked jaw for feeding on trees and bushes * Keeps head level with body as it is easier to feed of trees * Its natural habitat is in dense vegetation * Female walks in front of calf * Short tempered and aggressive * Very solitary hardly ever joins up with other rhino’s * Grey skin White Rhino * Bigger than black rhino * Weighs up to 3630 kg * Square jaw * Keeps head lower
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heterozygosity of the black rhino and white rhino This study was undertaken in order to understand the heterozygosity trends of the white and black rhinos. Genotypes of five microsatellite loci were collected and assessed with the intention of producing data for a sixth locus from the black and white rhino autoradiograph. This method was a means of analyzing the heterozygosity of the two species of rhino. It was established that black rhinos possess significantly more
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a) The difference between black and white rhinos Rhinos are grey in colour‚ not black or white as their names suggest. However‚ the major difference is the shape of their mouths. (Thomson Safaris‚ 2010) Black rhinos are browsers‚ using their pointed upper lips to twist off low-growing branches of trees and shrubs. Black rhinos are the fastest kind of rhino with a top speed of 55km/hour‚ they can also grow up to 1‚6m tall and weigh up to 1 400kg. Black rhinos are more likely to be solitary and are shyer
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