Photo by Willem v Strien (Wikicommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou may have noticed a difference between the Sumatran Rhino and its African and Asian cousins.\u00a0 Most notably are the patches of stiff, reddish hair which can be found all over their body. This hair helps keep the mud stuck onto their body.\u00a0 Why in the world would they want to be muddy?\u00a0 Maybe they are just practicing for their Tide commercial auditions?\u00a0 Actually, this mud helps keep them cool on the hot summer days and it protects them from nasty insects.\u00a0 How about that, two more benefits to splurging on a mud bath every now and again.<\/p>\n
Sumatran Rhinoceros Fast Fact – <\/strong>Like other rhino’s the Sumatran has relatively poor eyesight so they rely heavily on their keen sense of hearing and smell. If you ever want to sneak up on this rhino you better be very quiet and have some sort of scent blocker on.<\/p>\nOne more week of Wild Facts is done.\u00a0 I will be away all next week so you know what that means.\u00a0 Next week will be THEME WEEK!\u00a0 I don’t have any ideas yet so if you have a suggestion for a theme then please leave it in the comments below.\u00a0 Have a great weekend, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Friday Everybody! I am glad you all made it through another week of Wild Facts.\u00a0 Today is going to be a great day since we will be discussing one of the most endangered rhino’s out there, the Sumatran Rhinoceros.\u00a0 We can’t call it the most endangered rhino since it actually shares this title with their regional cousin, the Java Rhinoceros.\u00a0 If we want to go and take a quick peak at the Sumatran Rhinoceros, we need to head over to the mountain forests of Malaysia, Indonesia and we might even catch a glimpse of them in Myanmar.\u00a0 So what <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,4025,680,1261,682,683,1262,1260],"yoast_head":"\n
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