Old wide mouth... by busi2ness
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This White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the giant bulls roaming where I live. The word "white" for Rhino is actually not correct but rather "wide" because its real name was from the Dutch "wijd bek renoster", i.e. "wide mouthed rhinoceros". You can clearly see its square lip/mouth surface which enables it to graze instead browsing leaves like its cousin, the Black Rhino.
This picture was taken on the farm Buisfontein and the town I live in can be seen to the left and some distance past the foot of the hill - small town, you have to look close, lol.
Thank you for comments and visits to the "Safaris in South Africa":
This picture was taken on the farm Buisfontein and the town I live in can be seen to the left and some distance past the foot of the hill - small town, you have to look close, lol.
Thank you for comments and visits to the "Safaris in South Africa":
Comments (71)
VelvetMoxie
Oh my goodness...now this is an animal I never knew existed! What an odd looking creature! Guessing this could be a nasty adversary if he decided he wanted to chase you so sure hope you used a telephoto on this one, LOL! I so love these posts...every one is a learning experience! Very cool capture, Piet! I have to guess one doesn't drive too fast at night in these areas....can you imagine seeing this standing in the middle of the road on a dark night 20 feet from your headlights? Eeeeeek!
lafayette
Ho, i prefer to see him on a shot rather to be him near me!!always impressive animal!
Janiss
How it is beautiful, splendid shoot! ;-)
kurtsart
Awesome capture! Well done!
zoren
it is amazing that you are so close to this wildlife where you live... great photo!
kelvinhughes
another excellent image piet well done
frankie96
Very interesting animal..he looks as he could develop an unfriendly attitude in a short period of time...great photo and information...
Littlejock
WOOOOWWWW I can shoot bees and you this impressive big size.. Super photo Piet. Lighting perfect
1010
This has got to be the best photo of a rhino I have ever seen...... favs......
Margana
LOL your title could fit me, too, but let's not go there,lol.Lovely photo, Piet. The color tones are great and so's your capture.His feet particularly got my attention.How strange-looking they are...As always, I'm so envious of your access to these wonderful animals.Hope you have a wonderful week, my friend. -M :^)
odie
A beautiful animal in a very well composed shot. I think he posed for you! :0)
Loloe
Wow! great capture of this most impressive animal!!! Bravo Piet!!!
thevolunteer
Great photo. Now THIS is a MACRO.....lolol.... It must be nice living near so many of natures animals. Aloha
st_fish
HEEEECCCTIC shot!!!! AWESOME animal !! And I so rarely see them, even though I live where I could easily see them! Thanks for sharing him, Oom!!! Have a great eve! 8;o)
Flannelman
Great photo/bio. Gotta go with the tonnage (big boat) rule, if its bigger than me it gets right of way. Really good images that you post. ;-)
Hendesse
This is indeed a fantastic capture. What an impressive animal. Beautiful colors too!!
mark.spooner
Impressive work!
nathalie06
Beautiful shot Piet !!! Very impressive this big Rhino. He's looking at you in a strange way you know ? lol ! At what distance where you from this little baby ? I cant' understand what is it in the background I see another animal (a part of it) but can't see more. Superb done my friend. Hugs
Petra-S
super Photo!
drag
Now thats a face only a mother could love.LoL They have amazing faces with thier beady eyes so far apart. Another amazing piece of work Piet. Take care:0)
wildgoha
hello Piet - oh you super captured my mood LOL ;-) but he is quite sweet and funny - bravo my dear PTA - thank you for all ;x
natalieb
You live in such a great country with all those wild animals, you are lucky! This rhino has to take a bath though...lol... they like to play in the mud, don't they? Beautiful capture Piet!
danob
Wonderful and talk about having wildlife on hand...
Hedepo
Excellent capture of my "little" friend. a very impressive photo, one of the big five!! Have a nice evening Henk
Chaos911
:) this shot is sooo cool, excellently done!!!!
amirapsp
Stunning Take!!! Love Rhino's. More info Piet: White Rhino has a hump that the Black Rhino don't have. Their height up to 1,8m, where the Black Rhino's height is 1,5m. White Rhino's has a bigger head than Black Rhino's. Sorry, but some people don't know the difference between both! :-)
Sekadhar
What a fantastic capture! And you know Piet he is - sweet! Superb!*****!
wastl001
Looks as if he doesn't want company...Nice info about the name of the species, didn't know that. Excellent shot Piet!!
FriedaFelicia
What an interesting story, amazing animal and marvellous capture. You must be a very brave man... I would run away in panic confronted with this powerful animal! :-) Great work.
Richardphotos
I would not want to be between him and his source of food. they can run so fast. I heard they kill so many people every year. stunning capture and being in the wild makes it even more special