Last night I was out scouting for Rhino action, this time I hit the jackpot. From the size, I first thought that it was a Black Rhino, but turned out to be a young White Rhino. Either way, I was excited to be chilling with the dude. I must have spent and hour and a half observing his behaviour. This is the way to experience wildlife, by spending lots of time watching and learning. This is not a game of “I spy with my little eye”, it is quality time connecting with animals and sticking to them – where they go, you go.
So that was a brilliant way to end the day; nonetheless, in the morning I was enjoying a pod of thirteen Hippos playing around in Nduna Dam. I hadn’t been there in a while and knew there was a frequent Black Rhino visitor to the Dam. When I didn’t find any Rhino around I wanted to drive around the area to see what was what. Then, right behind me was a Black Rhino, he was probably trying to come past but didn’t know what this fat lump of steel was in his path.
So again, another fantastic two hours admiring the creature. The funny thing about this Black Rhino was that it didn’t have any ear lobes, only holes in the side of his head. From the first time he was spotted as a young calf, he was like that. Some think he was attacked and had them eaten off. However, others say that there is no indication of any scars and the skin is smooth over his ear holes like he was born like that - how interesting!
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