BROWSERS AND GRAZERS The hot sun beats down on a black rhino The young male searches for water His eyesight is poor He uses his large nose to sniff out a water hole The rhino lies in the muddy water He rolls around until he is covered in mud The mud cools him off It also protects the rhino’s skin from insects and the sun A black rhino stops to drink at a water hole in Namibia 5 CHAPTER 1
Suddenly another male rhino walks toward the water hole The first rhino does not want to share his space He lowers his head and charges the other rhino The intruder flees Africa is home to two species of rhinos Black rhinos live in South Africa Kenya Namibia and Zimbabwe They range across forests savannas and wetlands White rhinos live mostly in South Africa They roam throughout grasslands and savannas Despite their names black rhinos and white rhinos both have gray bodies To tell the two species apart scientists look at the shape of the rhinos lips 6
The two species have different lips that are adapted for different diets The black rhino is a browser Browsers eat leaves twigs and fruits The black rhino has a pointed upper lip that helps it eat these foods BLACK AND WHITE black rhino white rhino round ears round head pointed upper lip long pointed ears long head wide mouth and square upper lip 7
