1/6/2024 0 Comments Rhino vs hippo![]() The book says that the Secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius is 'often attacked by other birds and robbed of its prey'. Piracy, mobbing and general nastiness are pretty common among raptors, and large species frequently beat on or kill smaller rivals. I recall an account mentioned in books I used to read as a kid where a thirst-crazed elephant ran into a river (or the sea?) and got attacked and killed by sharks.īirds get some of the action too. However, 'Although wounded, the hippopotamus was seen to counter-attack and eventually defeated its ferocious assailant'. Or is it the other way round? Actually, this scene depicts an event in which a hippo was attacked by a shark (presumably a Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas) in the St. Now, Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer vs Black rhino.Īpparently, hippos Hippopotamus amphibius have been known to fight sharks on occasion. Here two crocodiles are getting the worst of it from an angry rhinoceros'. Why oh why might a rhino feel the need to kick the shit out of two crocodiles? The book says: 'If it is in a bad temper, or wounded, the rhinoceros will attack any animal, tree or termites' nest within reach. Kong is tough enough to take on not one, not two, but three V. Note that the rhino is hard enough to take on two crocs at once: it reminds me of Peter Jackson's King Kong. Perhaps the coolest one of the lot is that shown above: Black rhino Diceros bicornis vs Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus. All might really have occurred on occasion, but whether they played out as stated in the book is open to debate. Here are a few of my favourites (all of which come from Animal Life in Africa, first published in 1968 and compiled by Rinaldo D'Ami and Alfredo Trincia). Last time round, I mentioned such scenes, but failed to share them. So, if someone, somewhere in the literature, said that they'd seen a rhino beating the shit out of a crocodile, a scene depicting this encounter was created and included. ![]() What also makes the books viscerally thrilling is that they feature numerous fight scenes. However, the artists were, evidently, sometimes asked to paint things that they'd never seen (example: the sexual dimorphism present in Sable antelopes Hippotragus niger). As I said last year, the art in these books is generally pretty fantastic and a joy to look it. These first came out during the late 1960s and were written in Italian they were then translated into English during the 70s. Back in April 2008 (my god - where does the time go?) I wrote a brief article about the Animal Life and The Private Lives of Animals books, published by Casa Editrice AMZ. ![]()
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