19/04/2023
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Black rhinos in Ngorongoro crater: Ngorongoro crater one of the perfect wildlife destinations in Tanzania and a UNESCO World Heritage siterecognized because of its unique and the beautiful Ngorongoro crater, Ngorongoro crater is the main feature of Ngorongoro conservationarea and the worldโs largest unbroken volcanic caldera. Ngorongoro crater was formed as a result of an exploded volcano which happened about 2-3 million years ago, the crater is 2,000 ft deep and 260 square kilometers wide.
Ngorongoro conservation area where Ngorongoro crater is found is located in the northern region of Tanzania about 153 kilometers west of Arusha Town the safari capital of Tanzania.
Black rhinos are critically endangered wildlife species once found in most parts of the sub-Saharan Africa but currently near extinction due to extreme hunting, black rhinos are native species to Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Tanzania.
Rhinos belong to the family of Rhinocerotidae and they are of different sub-species with 3 subspecies are declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), rhinos are locally referred to as Kifaru in Swhaili language. The rhinos are categorized into to two that is black and white rhinos, regardless of the name they are both grey in color. Rhinos are classified basing on their lip shape and not in color, the white rhinos have square upper lip while the black rhinos have pointed or hooked lip. The difference in lip shape of the rhino is related to their diet, black rhinos are browsers feeding on trees , bushes and they use their lips to pluck leaves and fruits from tree branches. White rhinos graze on grass and they are noticed to walk with their heads and squared lips lowered to the ground.
Black rhinos boast two horns with the foremost horn more prominent than the other, the rhinoโs horn grows to 3 inches a year and they been known to grow up to 5 feet long. The horns are very useful to the rhinos and they use of protection, the female rhinos use the horns to protect their young ones and males use them during battle backtrackers.
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