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Tue Aug 11, 2020, 07:40 AM Aug 2020

Rhino Charging Down Indian Highway



Rhino Charging Down Indian Highway

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A gripping video shows a rhino charging furiously down a highway in the Indian state of Assam.

The massive beast is seen racing on the road, at great pace, forcing all incoming traffic to do a u-turn.

Debashish Goswami followed the angry rhino in his car, recording the wild chase on his mobile phone.

“I was returning from Guwahati (the state capital) with my wife when I saw this rhino charging down the road. I decided to film this once in a lifetime moment,” said Goswami, who has a government job.

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hlthe2b

(102,272 posts)
2. The Indian Rhino (I saw one once when there... Impressive & deserving of major respect)
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 07:58 AM
Aug 2020

The damage a nearly 2 1/2 ton animal can do is "impressive" to say the least.

Indian rhinoceros

The Indian rhinoceros, also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km². Wikipedia
Scientific name: Rhinoceros unicornis
Lifespan: 35 – 45 years (In the wild)
Gestation period: 15 – 16 months
Speed: 34 mph (Maximum, Running)
Mass: Male: 4,900 lbs (Basel Zoo population), Female: 3,500 lbs (Basel Zoo population)
Height: Male: 5.3 – 6.3 ft. (At Shoulder), Female: 4.8 – 5.7 ft. (At Shoulder)

3Hotdogs

(12,376 posts)
4. To me, the amazing part. That animal weighs a ton or so. Yet runs for about 2 miles without tiring.
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 08:25 AM
Aug 2020

Then we don't know how long it was running before the driver began video.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)
10. I was surprised at that too. But it looked like it was tiring toward the end
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 12:18 PM
Aug 2020

At the end it was going slower and taking little breathers. It seemed like it looked at that bus and other vehicle together and thought, "Nah. Too tired."

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