"Knot", the only white rhino at Songkhla Zoo

[rooster59]

"Knot", the only white rhino at Songkhla Zoo

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SONGKHLA (NNT) - Everyone is invited to enjoy the cuteness of a white rhino, which is tame and likes to be close to people, at Songkhla zoo.

 

"Knot" is the name of this white rhino. It is becoming a highlight of Songkhla Zoo. Visitores are able to feed and touch it closely. Knot has been well-raised and it is familiar with humans.

 

White rhinos are the largest land mammal, after elephants. They are found in southern Africa. The white rhino population has greatly reduced, like other rhino species. Their average life expectancy is about 46 - 50 years. The length from head to tail is 3-5 meters. They weigh 2-3 tons.

 

In Thailand, people can see three white rhinos at Khao Kheaw Open Zoo, one at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo, two at Khon Kaen Zoo and one "Knot" at Songkhla Zoo.

 

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[Peter Denis]

What a magnificent animal!

Obviously they belong in the wild, but I don't object seeing them in a Zoo because unfortunately in the wild they are mercilessly poached for their magic horn.

[Justgrazing]

On 8/30/2020 at 2:27 AM, rooster59 said:

 

White rhinos are the largest land mammal, after elephants. They are found in southern Africa. The white rhino population has greatly reduced, like other rhino species

due to mankind's vanity and love of money .. as with so many of the great creatures of the wild it is we who have driven them to the edge .. so much so that those Rhinos that are still in the wild now have to protected by armed patrols from being killed by poachers ..