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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
The baby looks almost blue. How come momma got her tusk whacked off and the daddy got to keep his? Great pics. Thanks.
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Here is the lowdown on mama rhino's horn. A Rhino horn is actually not a horn but a type of hair that is very tightly woven to produce a horn like apendage. As you probably know, they are highly prized on the black market and 1 cubic inch can usually go for upwards of $6000 US! Sad but true and all evidence says that the horn boiled in a tea has no aphrodisiac effect as the belief goes. This animal is being poached for a desired effect that is nothing but myth! This Rhino developed a crack in her "horn" that could have hit the nerve and caused a serious infection so they darted the animal and sawed off the horn. The wildlife officials in ZA require the Reserve to keep it in a safe and do nothing with it so it never makes the black market. The horn will grow back and has already grown an inch or 2. The Rhino's actually keep it sharp by rubbing it against objects and the male Rhino here also used his to kill one of the elephants *very \unusal) last year.