Rhinos Only Live in Africa, Right?

Did you know there are rhinoceros that don't live in Africa?

The Black rhino and the White rhino, the ones we are most familiar with, live in Africa.

White rhinos have square lips for eating grass, and Black rhinos have hooked lips for grabbing branches, bushes, and fruits. 

Can you guess which one is being fed at the top of the post? :)

But the island rhinos live in Java and Sumatra...islands in Indonesia!

And there's the Indian rhino, who lives in...India :)

If you're like me, you want to see how big are all these rhinos are, so..

...I've made an image, below, that shows you how big each type of rhino is compared to a six-foot tall man!

These are some big beasts, aren't they?

Want to learn more about rhinos? Go here:

https://rhinos.org/

What Do Lobsters and Rainbows Have In Common?

What's huge, rare, and has a shell of many colors?

Lobsters.

You weren't expecting that, were you?

Because lobsters are.....red?

Not if they're Giant Rainbow Lobsters!  Take a look!

Lions Who Are Man-Eaters

In certain areas, male lions delay growing manes until they are much older than other lions. These are known as maneless lions.

And strangely enough, three of the most notorious man-eating lions were maneless!

The largest man eating lion on record, the Man-Eater of Mfuwe, measured 5 feet from floor to his ears and 10 feet 6 inches long. He was a maneless lion. 

This lion killed six people in two months. It was shot in 1991 in Zambia.

Most famous, though, are the Ghosts of Tsavo. During a nine-month period in 1898, two maneless male lions, thought to be brothers, killed between 35 and 145 men who were building a railroad in Tsavo, Kenya. 

These three famous man-eaters are on display in The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Maneless lions have been reported in Senegal and in Tsavo, Kenya. The first ever white lion, discovered in Timbavati, was also maneless! 


Pretty cool!

For more information on these man-eaters, go here.


For a good theory on why some lions become man-eaters, go here

For more information about maneless lions, go here: How Stuff Works.

Grolar Bears and Pizzlies, Oh My!

Grolar Bears and Pizzlies, Oh My!

You must know by now that I love Polar bears.  

What you don't know is that I feel the opposite about Grizzlies.

Grizzly bears, to me, are frightening and huge and unpredictable; which really, Polar bears are, too...but Polar bears look cuter while doing it!  :)

Polar bears live at the top of the world, in the arctic regions. Grizzly bears live near streams and trees. But as the icepack gets smaller, more grizzlies venture farther north. 

So far north that they meet up with....Polar bears!

If You Invite a Giraffe to Breakfast....

If You Invite a Giraffe to Breakfast....

Don't be surprised if he shows up.  

Especially if you are in Kenya, Africa. That's because giraffes at breakfast-time are an everyday occurrence at the Giraffe Manor* there!  

Take a look at the possibilities...

"Stranger Things" in the Cow World

You see them by country roads; in dairies, and grazing in the fields.  They all look the same.

They're just cows....

But I bet you haven't seen some of the strangest cattle in the world.

Let's take a look:

The Horse that Winter Couldn't Kill

Sprinkled among the wild horses running free in Nevada were mustangs whose fur was....different.

It was curly!

In the winter, the wild horses' fur grew longer and thicker to keep them warm. For some horses, that meant their fur got longer and curlier.

One day, a rancher noticed these wild curly-coated horses, but didn't think too much about them.

Then a very cold winter set in.