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I want to know how do they get their food, not what types of food do they eat.

2007-02-13 15:00:58 · 4 answers · asked by brooklyntrail 1 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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They are ruminants, so they simply bite off some grass or other greenery and chew it up.

2007-02-13 15:09:07 · answer #1 · answered by Nosy Parker 6 · 0 0

This article says that white rhinos graze on grasses and that their wide upper lip helps with the process.

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinformation/whiterhino/habitatandecology.htm

This article tells how the black rhino browses on leaves from shrubs .....

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinformation/blackrhino/habitatandecology.htm

Click the tabs on either of the pages cited above to check on other kinds of rhinos.

2007-02-13 15:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

Graze. Lower their mouths to the long grass.

2007-02-13 15:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by Dead Robin 2 · 1 0

they lower their head towards the ground, open their mouth, bite a patch of grass, chew it, swallow it, then repeat.

2007-02-16 00:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by Harry 5 · 0 0

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