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White Rhinoceros.   Photo Åke Sjöström © These huge grazers are one of the most contradictable animals I have encountered. They look like some kind of super-scary medieval fighting machine, but they are quite gentle toward each other and I have not seen them aggressive towards any other animals. They have the power, speed and weapons to destroy big pickup trucks, but choose to walk away if you come to close on your walk & stalk. Do be careful so that you don’t catch them when they have a bad day because they could kill you by running over you by mistake! You usually find them in small groups 2-6 animals with a dominant male as leader of the group. Their eyesight is poor but thy have very good hearing and smelling senses. So if you stalk them from downwind it is quite easy to come very close. I have stalked within 9 meters from a group consisting of bull, cow and calf if fairly open terrain (cow and calf was 30 meters away). I do recommend that precaution be taken if you stalk so that you do not come between cow and calf, or better stay away from cows and calf, as Rhinos are much faster than they look and certainly is much faster than you! They are the biggest animals on the hunting ground. And if you come close when they have a relaxing mud-bath and let go of some excessive air you will be jealous of their massive farts. If you could create the volume of the Rhinos massive farts you would have been the king of the locker room at high school . Your meetings with these gentle giants will never leave your memory.   Facts.     Weight   Up to 2400 kilo. Bull is heavier than cow. Feeds on:   Only grass, prefer short grass. Difference from black rhino:   White rhino have a square lip, black rhino have pointy upper lip and weighs about half of what a white rhino does. Active:   Most active in night, morning and evening, often spends the hotter hours of day resting in the shadow. Age:   up to 45 years Name in Africans:   Witrenoster. Latin name:   Ceratotherium simum.