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Interesting Indian rhinos. Presented By Ryan Taylor. What is an Indian Rhino?. The Indian rhino is a one of 5 types of rhino. L ike other rhinos there endangered. There closest relative is a horse or a zebra. Where do Indian rhinos live?.
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Interesting Indian rhinos Presented By Ryan Taylor
What is an Indian Rhino? • The Indian rhino is a one of 5 types of rhino. • Like other rhinos there endangered. • There closest relative is a horse or a zebra.
Where do Indian rhinos live? • They mostly live in zoos, but wild Indian rhinos are found In India and Nepal. • Where they live its either a grassland or swamp. • In their grassland or swamp they require trees and muddy water.
What are baby Indian rhinos? • A baby rhino no matter what kind, it is called a calf. • Baby rhinos stay by their mother very closely for the first few days of its life. • When they are born they weigh about 150 pounds.
How does a Indian rhino calf grow up at the zoo? • At first they drink their mothers milk. • Then they start eating leaves and branches but they might try carrots or apples. • After about 2 or 3 years the Indian rhino can take care of it self.
Why do we never see Indian rhinos? • They are almost extinct.(died out.) • Poachers break laws and kill Indian rhinos for their valuable horns. • Not a lot of Indian rhinos live in zoos around the world. A dead Indian rhino: right.
What is the Indian rhino's diet? • They usually eat branches or leaves sometimes, aquatic plants. • They are herbivores or vegetarians (don’t eat meat) • They also might also try fruits or vegetables
Bibliography. • Johnston, Marianne. Indian Rhinos and their babies. New York: Power kids press, 1999. print. • “ Indian rhinoceros.” The Animal Files. Liza Carruthers, 11/30/2006. web. 29 Apr. 2014