Rhinoceros and Calf
Black rhinoceros live in the mountainous rain forests and grassy scrub lands of Africa.
Rhinos eat leaves, twigs, and branches of plants.
Although they cannot see very well, they have good senses of hearing and smell.
There skin is thick and though.
A bird called a tick bird eats insects off the rhino's rugged skin. This helps to keep it clean.
A baby rhino is called a calf.
A calf is protected by its mother.
A mother rhino can be very dangerous if her calf is threatened.
Because rhinos are hunted for their horns, there are only about fifteen thousand in the world today.
Illegal hunting must be stopped so that these creatures can survive.
