Friday, February 28, 2014

Fact of the Day: American Rhino

About five million years ago, the last Rhinoceros species in North American went extinct. Unlike a modern rhinoceros, the teleoceras rhinoceros was a lot like a modern hippopotamus with it probably being semi-aquatic as well. 
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18 comments:

  1. Gee... That looks like the present day African rhino.

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  2. Where do you always get your facts from?

    Have a great day,
    -Kati

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  8. whew !! It sure looks strong and powerful. Glad they aren't roaming the earth again.:)
    Have a good weekend...

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  9. I had no idea there was an American rhino!? Crazy!

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  11. I wonder what the polar bear will evolve into, they are at risk of extinction as well.

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  12. Didn't know this; it was pretty interesting.
    I actually blame Bush for the rhino extinction.
    Still quite a few RINOS left in Washington, though..

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  14. That's so interesting!

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  18. Learned again something new, I didn't know that the US had Rhinos.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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