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Black Rhinos browse the african plains in search of shrubbery. They actually use their lips to pluck little roots and plants from the ground.

They have terrible eyesight but make up for this by extremely good hearing.

Believe it or not, even though these magnificent African animals have such thick skin, they can still get sunburnt!

Sadly, much like the African elephant, black rhinos are being poached to extinction for their horns. These horns are then used both as ornaments and for supposed medicinal purposes.

In the early 1990s their number dipped below 2,500 and the species overall is classified as critically endangered. Three subspecies have been declared extinct, including the western black rhino, which was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2011.

Through conservation and protection efforts however, the total African population was said to have recovered to 4,240 by 2008, and to 5,500 by 2019.