White Rhino. We have the most amazing sightings of these guys. They sometimes graze almost next to the vehicle. Got this image as he looked up to see what we were. Taken in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Many different ways to photograph a rhino! :)
A square-lipped (white rhino at Weenen game reserve gives me the hairy eyeball for interrupting his meal.
We came across to female White Rhino with a calf at dusk one evening and followed them into the bush. One decided to mock-charge our vehicle. Ngala, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Another attempt at gettgin creative with color! :) This female was grazing close to the road which gave us time to get some nice close ups. This image was taken in the Madikwe Game Reserve.
After two days of tracking in searing heat in Luthuli game reserve, South Africa last weekend, we were rewarded with the briefest of sightings – no more than a glimpse -of the precious and extremely endangered black rhino.
Time to reverse I think…... (taken at Luthuli Game Reserve, South Africa). / One of the most distinguishing differences between the white and the black rhino is the shape of the mouth. The white rhino is a grazer and has a square mouth while the black rhino is a browser and has a hooked lip. / / Black rhino
Image of a Rhinosaurus drinking by the riverbank at Dusk. Pastel pencil on paper. Actual Artwork dimensions: 500mm x 350mm
I am sure we all can relate…..but just one thing….this rhino is the real King of the Jungle as we all know….he who holds the remote is king…(yes i know i used the pronoun he :D )
Despite the bolt of lightening and the storm in the background, part of a group of eleven white rhino continue grazing on Weenen game reserve savannah, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, recently. Nikon D70 1/400th sec @ f4,2
A group of eleven white rhino gather together during a storm in Weenen Game reserve, South Africa. The mother and her calf parted company with the rest of the group after the storm.
Jeunes Animaux Confisqués au Katanga (young animals confiscated in Katanga) or “J.A.C.K” is a refuge centre for orphaned chimpanzees. Based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, JACK is an independent, self funded NGO that also works to slow and then to stop the dreadful haemorrhage of forest wildlife. All profits made through these cards will go towards the rehabilitation and care of the young chimpanzee orphans at JACK. Further donations can be made by contacting Mr. Franck Chantereau (founder)at jack@lub.gbs.cd or visiting the (french) website at www.littlejak.fr
10×14 watercolor enhanced colored pencil. Original unavailable. For most of the 20th century the continental black rhino was the most numerous of all rhino species. Around 1900 there were probably several hundred thousand living in Africa. During the later half of the 20th century their number severely reduced from an estimated 70,000 in the late 1960s to only 10,000 to 15,000 in 1981. In the early 1990s the number dipped below 2500, and in 2004 it was reported that only 2,410 black rhinos remained. According to the International Rhino Foundation, the total African population has since then slightly recovered to 3,610 by 2003. According to a July 2006 report by the World Conservation Union, a recent survey of the West African Black Rhino, which once ranged across the savannahs of western Africa but had dropped to just 10, concluded the subspecies to be extinct. The northern white is soon to join the western black rhino on the extinction list as its last noted numbers were as few as 4. The only rhino that has recovered somewhat from the brink of extinction is the southern white whose numbers now are estimated around 14,500, up from fewer than 50 in the first decade of the 20th Century. The Black Rhinoceros has been pushed to the brink of extinction by illegal poaching for their horn and by loss of habitat. The horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine, and is said by herbalists to be able to revive comatose patients, cure fevers and aid male sexual stamina and fertility. The purported effectiveness of the use of rhino horn in treating any illness has not been confirmed by medical science. In June of 2007, the first-ever documented case of the medicinal sale of black rhino horn in the United States (confirmed by genetic testing of the confiscated horn) occurred at a Traditional Chinese Medicine supply store in Portland, Oregon’s Chinatown. It is used in the Middle East to make ornately carved handles for ceremonial daggers called jambiyas. Demand for these exploded in the 1970s causing the Black Rhinoceros population to decline 96% between 1970 and 1992. To say that this was time consuming would be an understatement. The wrinkles were enough to almost drive me batty.. but I managed to finish this one.. on to the elephant!! Complete 2008
Wildlife Safaris with Wild at Heart Adventures © Mark Hannaford
Here is a different type B&W shot I took of a White Rhino (mostly Silhouette) some years ago, as he was heading towards me and the vehicle I was in. Found it going through my archives and thought it cool enough to post. – Dennis
All rhinos are endangered, so many having been massacred by poachers for their horns. Fortunately there are now many game parks in various African countries endeavouring to bring numbers back up to levels where the threat of extinction is diminished. These creatures are truly magnificent; primitive, primeaval, and with a rugged, powerful beauty. It is a privilege to be close to them, albeit from the security of a vehicle: they are not to be underestimated. This fellow is one of over 50 now roaming Lewa game park in Kenya. He caught the scent of an orange that one of our party had peeled and was desperately trying to find the source of the tantalising aroma. Fortunately for us, he lost the scent and finally wandered off. Canon D60 with Canon 300mm 2.8L IS with x2 extender; ISO 200 f5.6 1/1500 Formatted to a square crop using the full height of the original frame
A rhino’s tail. Taken on Canon 5D with 100-400mm L Series lens, As is.
Up close and personal with this big fella in South Africa.
all stock purchased except for background by my good friend / dezzan.deviantart.com I love rhinos—they are so big and fierce, yet they have an innocent – childlike quality about them. I think they are adorable. I have been wanting to do a few more animal pieces—I pray you like it. Claudia
Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research. / Poachers in Africa and Asia are killing an ever increasing number of rhinos—an estimated two to three a week in some areas—to meet a growing demand for horns believed in some countries to have medicinal value, according to a briefing to a key international wildlife trade body by WWF, IUCN and their affiliated wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC. / An estimated three rhinos were illegally killed each month in all of Africa from 2000-05, out of a population of around 18,000. In contrast, 12 rhinoceroses now are being poached each month in South Africa and Zimbabwe alone, the three groups told the 58th Standing Committee meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Standing Committee. My good friend Julie Edwards devotes her life to saving this endangered species. 50% of proceeds of sales of this work go to Julie’s dedicated work at the Hokoyo Wildlife Trust in Southern Africa. www.hokoyowildlife.org – website still being set up but please stay posted! Acrylic & Inks on canvas
My depiction of the legendary Badak Api or “Fire Rhino.” Thus sayeth Wikipedia: / “There are legends about rhinoceros stamping out fire in Malaysia, India, and Burma. The mythical rhinoceros has a special name in Malay, badak api, where badak means rhinoceros and api means fire. The animal would come when a fire is lit in the forest and stamp it out.” In this artwork I portrayed the Badak Api as a wise-looking red beast, whose horn sheds a glowing light as he patrols the forests looking for fires to stamp out. My drawing is based off of the Black Rhino, a critically endangered species of Rhino from Africa. Original artwork is 11×14 on Canson paper and is a mixed media piece featuring oil pastels, marker, and gold paint pen. View more of my artwork at www.lynnetteshelley.com
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