The document discusses black rhinos. It provides information about their habitat in South Africa where it is hot and they live near water. It also discusses their daily behaviors such as sleeping 15 hours a day, traveling at 30 miles per hour, and living alone or in mother-child groups. Their diet consists of eating and drinking for 15 hours a day as herbivores near sources of water.

1. BLACK RHINOS
Jesus D. Galvez

2. Table of Contents
Daily Behaviors

3. Habitat
Live in south Africa
It’s really hot there
Live near water
Doesn’t camouflage well
It can be really green

4. Food and Water
Near water
Herbivores
Eat 15 hours a day
Drink 15 hours a day
Live near water

5. Daily Behaviors
Sleep 15 hours a day
30 miles an hour
Live alone
Human enemies
Take care
young(females)
Territory(males)
Self protected

6. Family Structures
Males live alone
Young stay with
mothers
Young rhinos leave
two or four years
15 months of
pregnancy
Every 3 years birth
Home

7. Interesting Facts
Don’t see rhinos often
Rhinos use Ox peckers
 horn materials are made out
of horn and finger nails
Almost in extinction
Make shriek sounds
Ox peckers fly when a
predators are behind them
Roll in mud to keep cool
Rhinos poor eye sight
Charge into things not there

8. Bibliography
Pohl, Kathleen.
Rhino/Rhinoceromtes.
Pleasantville, New york. Weekly
Reader Publishing, 2008