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Phinda Private Reserve, South Africa
A female white rhino with a massive horn. She was very busy with her mud bath. The absolute tragedy is that a rhino loses their life every 19 hours due to massive poaching in South Africa. The horns are made from keratin, the same material in your hair and fingernails. Yet in some middle eastern and asian countries consider the horn to be magical. The prices of the horns are more than gold. They can save a lot of money by just cutting their hair and fingernails and eating their own!
Ceratotherium simum
Canon 1Ds, Canon 100-400, 200mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/125 sec
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I am an amateur photographer with a love of travel. I mostly enjoy landscape and wildlife photography. I live in California which provides a great deal of opportunities for great photography.
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Lovely capture…love the detail Michael
And for the desired effect, they would do better to take viaggra! The sheer barbarism of the poaching defies imagination.
Great shot, Michael.
Thank you David :)
– Michael Moss
Simply awesome capture well done Michael.
Thank you :)
– Michael Moss
nice shot
7 November 2011 – 2 images per day
7 November 2011 – 2 images per day
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