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Title: All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bros
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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, tough skin without any shoul-der-folds. Throughout Abyssinia the rhinoceross skin is largely used forwar-shields. When rubbed down and oiled it becomes semi-transparent, likedull amber. The horn of the rhinoceros is formed of countless hairs growingtogether in a compact mass. This horn is quite independent of the skull, fora few days after death it will drop off. It is much sought for to make swordand axe handles, as it is one of the toughest things in the world. All the rhinoceros family are bad-tempered. Without any reason theywill attack a beast or dead object, whichever is nearest. The rhinoceros hasbeen seen to caper about, squealing with rage, and attack a bush, tearing it upand trampling it to pieces. The furious beast will drive its horn into theground and then rush along until the earth looks as though a huge ploughhad been over it. Sometimes a lion, or tiger, or a leopard is foolish enough toattack a rhinoceros, but the battle generally ends with the victory to the latter.
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ANGRY RHINOCEROS. THE RHINOCEROS. The elephant and rhinoceros stand somewhat in awe of each other. The ele-phant is nervous and excited when the rhinoceros is near, and even this black,quarrelsome beast will turn aside if it hears an elephant coming, though therhinoceros will often attack an elephant. The size, weight, and length of tuskof its opponent makes it too risky to fight in a fair battle, but, instead, thecrafty rhinoceros lies in wait and rushes upon the elephant unawares, and ripsit open with its powerful horn. The elephant cannot see sideways very well,and the rhinoceros, knowing this, lies in wait for its victim until it turns itsbody to the right angle. But if, by any chance, the rhinoceros misses itsstrike, a terrific battle takes place, which generally ends in a victory for theelephant. The African natives have a curious way of killing the rhinoceros. Theyplace a strong looped rope in a shallow pit near the feeding-ground. The rhi-noceros, in walking along, puts its fo

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