day three-hundred-and-forty-four - rhinoceros ratsnake

no i did not draw three animals. that is the name of a single being:

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this guy.

apparently they are also known as the 'green unicorn', which is pretty cool. they are born brown, then become grey then end up green - but a select few never make that final step to green and remain grey (and thus young [and thus immortal]) forever.

FOREVER.

look out for them in trees. but probably not where you live. unless you are vietnamese, in which case i am jealous of you.

xj

day one-hundred-and-forty-four - black rhinoceros

grrr, i accidentally deleted my blog post from yesterday and don't think i can get it back. here's a summary: yes i've drawn rhinos before but i THINK they were both white and this guy's black:

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plus rhinos are cute and lovely so i'll draw as many of them as i want! (hopefully i only want to draw three because four or more would be a bit much)

xj

day eighty-six - northern white rhino

yes again. and i'm even drawing the exact same rhino that i did before:

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because he's just. so. CUTE!

also now i know his name is digger (cute) and i drew his mum for scale (cute). i'm pretty obsessed in case you couldn't tell. i'm not sure why, he just makes me so excited and smiley.

that said, i haven't actually seen him in person at monarto yet. but this time next week i will have.

join me!
xj

day nine - rhino

the diceros bicornis to be exact (or black rhino). i haven't been nearly factual enough in this blog, so here we go:

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• the species names have nothing to do with colour (as both are grey). white rhinos are square-lipped and black ones hook-lipped. white rhinos graze grass - black rhinos browse vegetation
• although bulky, rhinos are agile and can turn quickly in tight spaces. just ask this guy (or watch him rather)
• baby rhinos are gangly-ly cute - an undeniable fact

woah too much.

just go to monarto and learn about rhinos for yourself (assuming you live in the exact town i do, which is safe to do on the interwebs). although we don't have black rhinos, our southern white rhino just had a baby! i'll meet you there.

xj