Favorite rhino species
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Meaghan Edwards
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I love 'em all. They each have their own thing.
All, since who(m) are we but to make qualifications on evolution's discretionary path(s). 
Pootle
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All, since who(m) are we but to make qualifications on evolution's discretionary path(s).
Very eloquently worded, here here!
I sort of have two answers to that, one is people would probably ask why I didn't and second is why not?
zoogiraffe
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So you answer a question with a question,all I can say is Kiang asked a very valid question to which he got NO ANSWER from you!
I'm not sure what the tone is for but why can't all rhinos be your favorite rhino?
EDIT: I don't get why all rhinos can't be equally favored.
zoogiraffe
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The tone was there because you answered a question with a question,which to me is not an answer!
Well my big passion is Crocodiles,yes I love them all but I still have a favourite,which for the record is Salt Water,so it is possible to have a favourite of your favourite species well atleast as far as I'm concerned it is!
Okay? Don't see why you need to make a big deal out of something like that.
Edit: If you didn't like my answer, "why not?", and "people would probably ask why I didn't", then tell me why I should have not put "all" on the poll.
zoogiraffe
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I give up you win as this is just going to go round in circles,just like any other time somebody questions you on here.
Pootle
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You lucky lucky man!
Would you mind telling from your experience which of the fours species (if any) you found to be the most :
Aggressive
Docile
Intelligent
Enjoying of kepper company
From what I have read and learned over the years about rhinos I could give a decent guess to the above, but would be very interested to get your first hand experience information. I do appreciate that individual behaviour is not necessarily representative of that of a species.
In the course of 40 years, I worked with a pair of whites, 10 blacks, 6 Indians and 4 sumatrans. All of the sumatrans were docile from day one. I was in Sumatra when Torgamba was captured and helped build the boma. He ate from our hands within 24 hours and never appeared aggressive during the capture or his release from the trap into the boma.
The whites were fairly mellow. I took a photo of a former keeper in 1967 sitting on the back of our female.
Blacks were perhaps the most unique in that some were quite tame and our wildcaught female never trusted anyone. The others allowed you to touch them and would take food from your hands.
All of the Indians were fairly docile. One female allowed us to massage the nipple to get milk samples prior to birth. They all seemed to enjoy being around their keepers. The original male would pick up a rubber tub from his yard and bring it to you when asked.
I believe all of them are intelligent however they can be nervous around noises and items they are not familiar with, and can be aggressive when breeding and protecting their young. I hope I answered to your satisfaction.
The whites were fairly mellow. I took a photo of a former keeper in 1967 sitting on the back of our female.
Blacks were perhaps the most unique in that some were quite tame and our wildcaught female never trusted anyone. The others allowed you to touch them and would take food from your hands.
All of the Indians were fairly docile. One female allowed us to massage the nipple to get milk samples prior to birth. They all seemed to enjoy being around their keepers. The original male would pick up a rubber tub from his yard and bring it to you when asked.
I believe all of them are intelligent however they can be nervous around noises and items they are not familiar with, and can be aggressive when breeding and protecting their young. I hope I answered to your satisfaction.
Hello, @Michael pretty much sums rhinos up ... intelligent, yet very sensitive and sometimes nervous animals. I suppose their lack of good vision and acute hearing and smell make for this curiously fascinating disposition and character.