Happy World Rhino Day ! :) Rhinos despite being powerful and sometimes aggressive are actually very personable and actually develop an attachment to humans when they are raised from birth . I even saw a documentary where a rhino lived with a family in South Africa and even played with the children and family dog . It also slept with them inside of their home . The problem is that it grew to be too much to handle by the time it was nearing 3 years of age and unfortunately had to be taken to a preserve where human raised rhinos are sometimes reacclimated to the wild . Most can never break their attachment to their human family so they are kept uncaged in a habitat that is several acres with other rhinos and human caretakers . Rhinos are actually highly intelligent ( far more exceedingly than domestic dogs or cats ) just like other misunderstood animals such as elephants . Rhinos seem to understand joy , nurturing , mourning and most traits we have as humans . Incidentally a large reason the rhino was removed very reluctantly from the South African familys home was when it would play sometimes it accidentally injured one of the children ( only scrapes and bruises , but as a result of it growing and becoming more powerful you can imagine that the mother did not want a rhino charging at her children even if she considered it one of her own that she had raised from infancy just the same . Im not saying own exotic animals , but they really are a reflection of our actions and if we show compassion or devastation . Beside the fact that wouldnt the world be boring if it were only people and technology ? :)
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:16:09 +0000
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