. The babyhood of wild beasts . Courteny of Ihc New York Zoological SocietyThe baby, white, square-nosed African Rhino is just sprouting his nose horn and looksproud of his achievement. He never will have a coat of mail suit, but his horn will be alonge ■ and more formidaljle sword than his Indian I-hoto by A. W. Schaad This Indian Rhino, distinguishaljle in his coat of mail suit, became so sassy that he was deprived of his eighteen-inch horn by the judicious use of a saw. It took eight men and two hundred feet of stout manila rope to do the trick. Now he is a sadder but wiser Rhino.
. The babyhood of wild beasts . Courteny of Ihc New York Zoological SocietyThe baby, white, square-nosed African Rhino is just sprouting his nose horn and looksproud of his achievement. He never will have a coat of mail suit, but his horn will be alonge ■ and more formidaljle sword than his Indian I-hoto by A. W. Schaad This Indian Rhino, distinguishaljle in his coat of mail suit, became so sassy that he was deprived of his eighteen-inch horn by the judicious use of a saw. It took eight men and two hundred feet of stout manila rope to do the trick. Now he is a sadder but wiser Rhino. BABY RHINOS 71 There is no better fighter than old Rhino. Eventhe young will charge when danger threatens. The only way to capture a baby is to kill themother first; but the baby often surprises theslayer by charging like an infuriated Rhino is no coward. He is ready to avengehis mother without hesitation. His courage issplendid and we must respect him. The Rhinoceros is a relic of another are five species of Rhinoceros—three areIndian and two are African. The Indian species differ from the African inhaving the skin arranged in folds and in keep-ing the incisor teeth through life and having butone nose horn (except the Sondiac). The feet ofall species are alike. The Indian Rh
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