The huge size of a rhino can be very deceiving, a male weighing up to 1350kg & female 900kg. The skin of a black rhino is no different than a white, all a dark grey color. Rhino's are found worldwide mostly in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe but even there there's a very minimal amount of them left. Their food consists of trees, bushes & shrubs. The animal has a very poor eyesight making it only able to see up to 9 meters, but has acute senses of hearing & smell. The 2 horns of a Rhino is what everyone's after. The horn grows from their skin (made of keratin fibers, like human fingernails), which the animal uses to dig the ground for mineral, salt and defend its territory. In the 5th century B.C a Rhino's horn, skin, urine and blood were very important elements in Chinese medicines for reducing fever, headache and more. Asians used this way of medicine for thousands of years. In Borneo, people even hanged rhino tails in a room where a woman …show more content…
It was a big symbol of wealth, only a few men could afford it, but when there was a worldwide oil shortage, prices for it increased and a sevenfold increase happened in Yemen making a rhino's horn in the reach for almost everyone & Yemen the largest importer of rhino horns. The two horns from a single black rhino would sell as high as 50,000 dollars in the market, which made it impossible for farmers and herders to resist especially because of how easy it was to get access to them back then. * Rhino's have been under 24-hour guard but that doesn't mean people can't get their hands on them. In 2009, 5 men broke into a zoo, held 5 security guards and took off with 10kg of rhino horns. Also in 2009 an auctioneer in the UK stole a buyers rhino horn and sold it to dealers in the East. * 2010- police in an airport in Ireland found 10 rhino horns on a
Words of Wisdom In the novel, Mammoths of the Great Plains, by Eleanor Arnason the story of Emma’s experience with her Grandmother Liza, who through stories, dreams, visions, and experiences of family members, imparts to her knowledge and certain values in a process known as enculturation. Some of the first instances of personal teaching comes across through stories of hunters. Although the story is about mammoths, I believe there is an obvious lesson about who you choose to be in this world and why that is important. For me, in the story of the two hunters, Liza uses this to teach Emma the value of respect, your word, honoring that word, treating others the way you would want to be treated, and the damage it can cause if you choose the
The species occurs in a variety of colors but the two main colors are a dark morph or a red morph (Exploring Nature Educational Resource). The ones with the dark morph tend to be more brown and black in color and
No one knows specifically when mankind first accommodated with supernatural occurrences. According to several archaeologists, it’s possible for the Neanderthals maintain enough intelligence to form vivid imaginations. Recently in the early 20th century, an unknown farmer accidentally discovered the earliest form of storytelling. Illustrations of extinct animals in different shapes and sizes painted throughout the cave. A unique image caught the archaeologist’s eyes, in the corner of a cave, there’s a portrait with a body of a man, replaced with the head of a bird instead.
Every year hundreds of wild, exotic animals are killed, primarily in Africa, for money, bragging rights, and even decoration. Big game trophy hunting is a booming business, but has sparked a worldwide debate, especially after the killing of Cecil the Lion. Trophy hunters claim they are helping conservation efforts, but in reality, they are harming them. This sport is damaging the overall population of a species, especially lions, rhinos, and elephants. Also, the overall revenue from big game hunting is a small amount, and only a small percent of that goes to help the community.
Hunting permits cost money. The money raises depending on the size of the game and location. People will bid thousand close to millions just to go hunt a trophy animal as stated on The Rhino Hunter, “paid $350,000 for a hunting trip to Namibia to shoot and kill an endangered species”. Yes sometimes they do go hunt endangered species but what people don’t know is they go hunt the older animals, the animals that bring danger to the rest of the species. These bids all the money that
Food -Deer had many uses, their meat is eaten fresh and smoke dried. -The easiest way to hunt seals was to sneak up on the seal that was basking in the sun. -In the summer, they would eat elk, bear, salmon or even mountain goats. -For the Haida, they would consume shellfish and sea mammals which were the staples for them.
Bison are known as the American Buffalo or simply Buffalo. They are a popular symbol in the Great Plains. Bison move hundreds of miles each year, they help shape the land. The bison became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter. Until, Teddy Roosevelt formed the American Bison Society to save disappearing bison.
The tusks are not the only parts of the elephants that are hunted, and I honestly think they are not worth it. We should leave the beloved animals in the wild so we do not lose the entire species as a whole. Every year, more and more species are being executed due to humans needs and wants. If killing animals is what is “needed” to survive then the Earth will turn into a
The WWF has already saved tons of Black Rhinos from southern Africa and Black Bucks in the
The childhood dream of owning a pet monkey or tiger is a common one, but that’s all that owning an exotic animal should be: a dream. Over 10,000 exotic animals are trafficked into the United States each year, a multi-million-dollar industry on the black market. Owning a wild animal may seem fun and exciting, but with the ownership of such a creature, dangerous consequences follow. The ownership of an exotic animal not only puts the owner 's life at risk, but the animal 's and the environments. There is a common theme among people that it 's humanity 's responsibility to preserve the world we live in, yet there are more tigers in captivity than there are in the wild.
National Wildlife Federation is a wildlife organization founded by Ding Darling. The Wildlife Federation works to protect the ecosystem that is crucial to the native wildlife. The National Wildlife Federation took part in the passing of clean water act, clean air act, and endangered species act. In 2007 the water resources development act was successfully passed thanks to the help of the Wildlife Federation.
Howler monkeys are one of the largest New World monkeys found in South and Central America, more specifically found in tropical forests of eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, southern Brazil, and Paraguay. They live in large social groups that contains all of the family members such as parents, siblings, aunts and other relatives. They form a family of 8 or more members that stay and survive together. A unique fact about their group structure is that some of the male and female will leave the group they were born in and move on to join a total new group, with the majority of their lives growing up is spent in groups they weren’t born in or related to. Male and female howler monkeys are quite different in their appearance.
Rhinos are killed for their horns. It’s used to make a traditional chinese medicine. Rhino horns are made out of the same thing as elephants tusks and human fingernails. It’s made out of fiber. But now they use the horns to
Then there is another monitory value attached to it, the making of jewellery and other ornaments. Now the question rises, is it then acceptable based on these reasons for these societies to have access to Rhino horn? Human’s desires has led to the tragedy of commons. South Africa faces challenges in this regard such as high unemployment, corruption and inequality that is continuing to increase, all of which makes it somehow logical for these perpetrators to poach Rhinos of their horns, sell it and gain profit.
Animals in Their New Natural Habitat Why are different species becoming extinct? Do researchers know how many innocent animals are killed each year? When will animals be protected in a comfortable habitat? In man-made environments, such as zoos and other nature parks, animals that are born in the wild are protected and well taken care of. Due to animals running around in the wild, scientists and researchers can track the amount of animals being killed everyday.