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Black rhinoceros have pointed snouts. They are browsers that feed on leaves.

White rhinoceros have square jaws. The are grazers that feed on grass.

For some strange reason rhino horn is highly valued as a traditional medicine in Asia, even though it is just keratin with no medicinal value. A kilo of rhino horn is worth more than a kilo of gold! For this reason poachers kill rhinos for their horns. At Phinda, the there is a team that sedates rhinos and removes their horns to make them worthless to poachers. They also clip their ears in a pattern so that individual animals can be identified at a distance.

Elephant numbers have to be controlled as they can be quite destructive. The critically endangered ancient sand forest area is protected by electric fences to keep the elephants out.