Karl Hess Jr. sent us-- me and a couple of other journalists; Tom Wolf, Wendy Marston, Rich Miniter-- there at the request of the government, to report on their success, especially with elephants.
Someday maybe-- too much heartbreak soon followed. This photo taken near Kariba, where I caught the falciparum Malaria that almost killed me, and I suspect might have been the trigger that made such things as PD and RA, which I have genes for, express themselves. Certainly I never looked quite that robust again-- I look like Redmond O'Hanlon! White man in the tropics drinking gin...
The rhino's mother had been killed by poachers. The poachers had been killed by the tall, shaven- headed head ranger who, he gleefully told me, was the best ranger in Zimbabwe because "I kill more poachers!"
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black rhino, as can be seen has pointed mouth while white is so called due to a dutch word meaning wide mouth.
Yeah, Anon(August 1)--the one in the photo definitely a "black"--although what was on the video sent(?) we have no idea. Not having seen the video. I have always disliked the names "black" and "white" rhinos to distinguish between the species, and I highly prefer Jonathan Kingdon's renaming of them in his guide to African Mammals(A MUST for anyone interested in learning the basics of African Wildlife!) as "BROWSE" rhinoceros for the blacks, and "GRASS" rhinos for the whites/wide-mouths! Perfect designation!....L.B.
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