White rhinos graze on grasses, walking with their enormous heads and squared lips lowered to the ground. Both black and white rhinoceroses are actually gray. They are
different not in color but in lip shape. The black rhino has a pointed
upper lip, while its white relative has a squared lip. The difference in
lip shape is related to the animals' diets. Black rhinos are browsers
that get most of their sustenance from eating trees and bushes. They use
their lips to pluck leaves and fruit from the branches. White rhinos
graze on grasses, walking with their enormous heads and squared lips
lowered to the ground.
White rhinos live on Africa's grassy
plains, where they sometimes gather in groups of as many as a dozen
individuals. Females reproduce only every two and a half to five years.
Their single calf does not live on its own until it is about three years
old.
