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Tag Archives: Rhinoceros
Under the boot of man
Working in a museum I come face to face with life’s extraordinary diversity every day. Specimens a few hundred years old tell us of the richness of life right beneath our feet. Older specimens provide a glimpse into amazing animals … Continue reading
Posted in great auk
Tagged Dodo, great auk, Pangolin, Pinguinus impennis, Rhinoceros, Tiger, Woolly Mammoth
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Antique water horses
The year 2014: An enormous 64 foot long hippopotamus makes its way slowly down the River Thames. Longer than a double decker bus, it’s big soft eyes softly peer out of the water welcoming onlookers as it slowly glides past. … Continue reading
Posted in Hippopotamus
Tagged Cave Lion, Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus, European Hippopotamus, Florentijn Hofman, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Hippopotamus major, HippopoThames, Homotherium, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Panthera spelaea, Rhinoceros, Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Stephanorhinus sp., Steppe Mammoths, Straight Tusked elephants, Trowelblazer
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An unexpected river horse
In the cool breeze, beneath the shady cover of beech trees in the valley of Kirkdale, North Yorkshire, quarry workers revealed a world long forgotten. It was the summer of 1821, when shrubs and trees were being removed to excavate … Continue reading
Posted in Hippopotamus
Tagged Acer monspessulanum, Deluge, Elephant, fruit of the cocklebur, Great Flood, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hyena, Kirkdale Caves, Mammoth, Oodes gracilis, Oreston Caves, Rhinoceros, southern European maple, Trapa natans, water chestnut, William Buckland, Woolly rhinoceros, Yealmpton
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Crash of the Titans
Rhinoceros are magnificent beasts. Their muscular and armored bodies sit on top of thick, stocky, legs giving these animals a literally awesome sense of power. Their massive heads, topped with it’s unique horn creates an ancient, almost mythical, persona to this … Continue reading
Posted in Woolly Rhinoceros
Tagged Bison, Black Rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, Christol’s rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Dicerorhins hemitoechus, Dicerorhinus etruscus, Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis, Dicerorhinus megarhinus, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Diceros bicornis, Etruscan rhinoceros, Homo sapiens, Indian Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros, Merck’s rhinoceros, reindeer, Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Rhinoceros unicornis, Steppe rhinoceros, Sumatran Rhinoceros, White Rhinoceros, woolly mammoths, Woolly rhinoceros
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