Why do rhinos charge anything unfamiliar?
You’d think the second largest group of land mammals on Earth would be a pretty confident bunch. But not rhinoceroses: These guys are so defensive that they’ve earned a reputation as indiscriminate attackers that will charge just about anything in sight. These giants — whose name comes from the Greek word rhino, meaning “nose,” and ceros, meaning “horn” — don’t run at things out of paranoia, though. While they have few natural predators due to their lethal horns and imposing bulk, humans have driven them nearly to extinction. There are actually five species of rhinoceros — two in Africa and three in
