I like that rhinos know what is out to hurt them or not and are pretty chill with that which is not. A human gets within charging range and it gets charged.
Rhinos are incredibly nearsighted. When they charge it is often because something was moving over there and they couldn't tell what it was, friend or foe. But this little fawn was able to get to where the rhinos could see it properly. So the rhinos get to see an adorable little fawn and the fawn now has two tanks who will stomp anything else nearby.
Oh look, a rhino NOT randomly killing other wildlife for sport, or because it felt like it. Yes, the earth needs more rhinos, and deer and antelope and lions and bears and whales and SHRAMP (so I can eat the shramp, but also to maintain a balanced ecosystem) and fish and about a few million kinds of plants and bacteria and...we need LESS of dumping toxins into the wild. We've seen what it does.
Testing the "carnivore waters"... Ackshually, many higher herbivores will eat meat or bones once in a while. I've seen moose eat salmon carcasses here in AK. There are YT videos of horses eating baby birds.
You don't need to ackshully that since it's not really correcting anything! They can definitely eat meat. They can also just socialize cross-species. I do swear it looked for a second at the end like that rhino was seriously considering seeing how far it could punt the antelope (?) with its head though.
Most of the poachers are people who have no other way to provide for their family. They also get paid shit for the pricey items they take. The exporters and importers make the big bucks. A lot of the people hunting poachers are former poachers who get a paycheck to look out for wildlife. There are not a lot of jobs for people in these places.
Many 'poachers' are substance farmers who are co opted by middlemen exploiting victims of colonial polices that make their livelihood and cultures unsustainable. If your kids are hungry, and any schooling requires hard currency you have no access to, any offer of real money becomes all but irresistible. Not to say there aren't soulless participants doing poaching, but the majority seem to be impoverished local tribesmen. And the trade is driven by the wealthy, mostly in China.
Talking about China and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), these idiots actually believe that rhino horn, which consists of hardened hair, could solve their potency problems. My suggestion:
Like every other known medicine system, traditional Chinese medicine has strengths and weaknesses. Current Western Evidence Based medicine has found by testing Chinese herbs, a number of unknown remedies for issues that traditional 'science' hasn't addressed, Most of the various sexual potency herbs and animal products have yet to find support in carefully done experiments. Similarly, some American standard practices find deep skepticism in Europe, and vice versa. "Not Invented Here" syndrome?
The issues with endangered animal products is deeper than traditional Chinese medicines. Wide spread folk remedies exist in all cultures, some actually working, others have reverse effects to the desired outcome. Arab belief in rhino horn sexual potency might be the poster child here.
I think it needs that rhino gene in domestic grazing animals that makes them poop in a pile, then can collect it for fertiliser or organic digester for gas or liquid fuel more easily... but point taken that rhinos are indeed rarer than they should be.
🎶 There's Rhinos on the Moon, They can't play the bassoon, Because there is no air, So have a care, Because they'll be dead soon 🎶 (Yes I know the moon isn't a planet, but this just popped into my head fully formed)
Harm
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measuredby5
Impala says "Stand very still very still".
Kimsgrim
I like that rhinos know what is out to hurt them or not and are pretty chill with that which is not. A human gets within charging range and it gets charged.
Sunshine12345
Rhinos are incredibly nearsighted. When they charge it is often because something was moving over there and they couldn't tell what it was, friend or foe. But this little fawn was able to get to where the rhinos could see it properly. So the rhinos get to see an adorable little fawn and the fawn now has two tanks who will stomp anything else nearby.
rotinaj
Rhinos seem like the gentle herbivore that hippoes look like but definitely aren't
stayingalive4life
Rhino: If not fren, why fren shaped?
professsionalsnootbooper
numonster
LendLeaseIdentity
Oh look, a rhino NOT randomly killing other wildlife for sport, or because it felt like it. Yes, the earth needs more rhinos, and deer and antelope and lions and bears and whales and SHRAMP (so I can eat the shramp, but also to maintain a balanced ecosystem) and fish and about a few million kinds of plants and bacteria and...we need LESS of dumping toxins into the wild. We've seen what it does.
brahimbr82724
Merci
Thorketil
Bot.
BaloneyBob
Jwhite777
Cheeky
CanisMaximus
Testing the "carnivore waters"... Ackshually, many higher herbivores will eat meat or bones once in a while. I've seen moose eat salmon carcasses here in AK. There are YT videos of horses eating baby birds.
Feralkyn
You don't need to ackshully that since it's not really correcting anything! They can definitely eat meat. They can also just socialize cross-species. I do swear it looked for a second at the end like that rhino was seriously considering seeing how far it could punt the antelope (?) with its head though.
bottledham
The rhino is the self-appointed fire prevention officer
ChucKTheCanadian
I am not going to lie about what I want to happen, but I won't say it.
Tenzil
*sniff sniff* "Is that your new cucumber shampoo I smell?"
TemplarMuse
Rhino: I've never seen one of these up close before..
DarwinsAgain
I see what you did there.
TORQD
That little deer critter better not eat the last dandelion of the season
oldguyexlurker
Sid reference, dude! +1
GravyEducation
This is the equivalent of somebody 5 times your size just coming up to you saying "hey whats up"
Wobbleding
5? Dude, c'mon... more like 20!
jasondeslin
I love how rhinos and hippos act like they swapped personalities.
Armored tank with a built in jousting spike: wants cuddles.
Dopey chunky boy: will murder everyone you love out of spite.
J4nein4ne
Rhino: "Explain your smolness."
Deer: "I am terrified."
Leonon
GravyEducation
SpartaWolf117
careful, it gets pretty hot in those rhinos
SimianSeminar
WWAAAARRRMMM
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
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InitHello
He should've used a tauntaun instead, they're only lukewarm.
WarlockSniper
BleachItsWhatsForDinner
Agreed. The world needs more rhinos. Poachers need to be drawn and quartered.
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
I'm for an unarmed rematch for every poacher, be it against rhinos, elephants or big cats.
TrueLegateDamar
I think it should be their buyers and clients who should be drawn and quartered, no need for demand means no need for supply.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Most of the poachers are people who have no other way to provide for their family. They also get paid shit for the pricey items they take. The exporters and importers make the big bucks. A lot of the people hunting poachers are former poachers who get a paycheck to look out for wildlife. There are not a lot of jobs for people in these places.
NineByNine
it can be both :3
executivedisfunction
Many 'poachers' are substance farmers who are co opted by middlemen exploiting victims of colonial polices that make their livelihood and cultures unsustainable. If your kids are hungry, and any schooling requires hard currency you have no access to, any offer of real money becomes all but irresistible. Not to say there aren't soulless participants doing poaching, but the majority seem to be impoverished local tribesmen. And the trade is driven by the wealthy, mostly in China.
firlefranz
Talking about China and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), these idiots actually believe that rhino horn, which consists of hardened hair, could solve their potency problems. My suggestion:
executivedisfunction
Like every other known medicine system, traditional Chinese medicine has strengths and weaknesses. Current Western Evidence Based medicine has found by testing Chinese herbs, a number of unknown remedies for issues that traditional 'science' hasn't addressed, Most of the various sexual potency herbs and animal products have yet to find support in carefully done experiments. Similarly, some American standard practices find deep skepticism in Europe, and vice versa. "Not Invented Here" syndrome?
executivedisfunction
The issues with endangered animal products is deeper than traditional Chinese medicines. Wide spread folk remedies exist in all cultures, some actually working, others have reverse effects to the desired outcome. Arab belief in rhino horn sexual potency might be the poster child here.
VictorDenn
You mean earth right? Because earth needs more rhinos.
MrStealYourGiF
I think it needs that rhino gene in domestic grazing animals that makes them poop in a pile, then can collect it for fertiliser or organic digester for gas or liquid fuel more easily... but point taken that rhinos are indeed rarer than they should be.
Bollokovski
Rhino is absolutely delicious, we should replace cows
Krakencrotch
This sounds a bit too much like the Zero Dawn project for comfort.
torillatavataan
Wouldn't mind having them on other worlds too. Rhinos are awesome.
GoodEarthBetweenMyToes
I have 'Space Rhinos' on my 2025 Bingo Card, but I doubt I'll get to dab that square this year.
VinnieJonesDiary
🎶 There's Rhinos on the Moon,
They can't play the bassoon,
Because there is no air,
So have a care,
Because they'll be dead soon 🎶
(Yes I know the moon isn't a planet, but this just popped into my head fully formed)
torillatavataan
Still counts as a world though, awesome song!
torillatavataan
(because I heard it in my head as a song, even though it may have been a melody free limerick until it hit my eyeballs.)