Symbolizes: Steadiness
With quiet strength and ancient grace, the Black Rhino is a powerful emblem of resilience and balance, an enduring presence in the heart of the African plains.
Though both Black and White Rhinos share the same slate-grey skin, they are distinguished by the shape of their upper lips: the Black Rhino bears a pointed, prehensile lip suited for browsing shrubs, while the White Rhino’s broad, square lip is perfect for grazing. This subtle difference shapes how each species interacts with the land.
Tragically, it is not their biology but their beauty that has put them at risk. Poaching for their horns comprised of keratin, the same substance as our own hair and nails remains their greatest threat. In the illegal trade, rhino horn can command prices as high as $65,000 per kilogram.
Yet these ancient giants are far more than the sum of their parts. Rhinos play a vital role in nurturing the landscape. Their love of wallowing maintains the depth of watering holes, preventing them from drying up under the African sun. And as they move through their territory, they carry nutrient-rich mud on their thick skin, distributing it across the plains and enriching the soil in their wake.
Smaller than their white counterparts, Black Rhinos typically weigh between 1,750 and 3,000 pounds, with males and females alike in size and stature. Of the three known subspecies, one has gone extinct in recent years; the remaining two are now critically endangered. Approximately < 6,500 individuals remain in the wild.
And like their distant cousins, the elephants, rhinos possess a secret language of their own, communicating through deep, infrasonic frequencies that travel across the earth, far below the threshold of human hearing.
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Learn more big facts about the Black Rhino here:https://rhinos.org/about-rhinos/rhino-species/black-rhino/