A rhino is often the color of the mud he or she wallowed in that day, so the name “white rhinoceros” is a bit of a misnomer. On a rare day when he or she is completely clean and dry, the white rhino is a light grey color. The origin for the name is thought to be the South African Boer word “widt” meaning “wide” and referring to the size and shape of the grass-eating head and (wide) mouth of the white rhino. This is a distinct feature when compared to the black rhino, which has a hooked lip and browses trees and branches, and also lives in southern Africa.
Katikati turns out as services remember the Anzacs sacrifice
29 Apr, 2021 04:18 AM
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Returned Servicemen and Women stand at attention at the dawn service in Katikati.
Bay of Plenty Times
By: Chris Steel
Under an indigo dawn sky, Kelly Smith from the New Zealand Navy gave a chilling reminder of the human sacrifice of war at Katikati s Anzac Day Dawn Service in front of a 300-strong crowd at Memorial Square on Sunday.
The Lieutenant Commander said April 25 saw the first significant engagement of New Zealand troops in the First World War when they landed at Gallipoli.
By the end of that fateful day, more than 600 New Zealanders had been killed or wounded - more than in the three years of the South African Boer War.
Herd of South African goats swap the savanna for East Yorkshire
They have already settled in
Seven South African Boer goats have arrived in East Yorkshire (Image: Yorkshire Water)
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