That’s right a rhino.!!!!!!!!!
The Photographic Journey of bulldog.
What you see is what you get……. birds, animals, and all sorts of things, but remember; Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt. .
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
PS The massive foot one is my favorite!
Absolutely MAGNIFICENT shots of the Rhino! These photos are like a puzzle as you scroll through them, extremely clever Blog! You have been blessed with such a gift!!
I like Rhinos. They are another one of my favorites (elephants the most favorite). Great shots here Bulldog, all the parts and pieces. Aren’t they magnificent though!
Thanks Penny
It’s like a puzzle! How fun!
Thanks …
Any of the bits shout ‘Rhino’ to me.
I do so agree with you that every rhino horn in the country should be treated with a poison harmless to the host but deadly for any human even touching it, never mind ingesting. Blow this tame, ‘getting sick’ nonsense – although that is a step in the right direction. The real answer is to utterly flood the market with undetectable fakes. And poison those, too!
Good one Col… I like the way you think…
This was so lovely and great, I loved these bits and pieces 🙂 Thanks and Love, nia
Thanks Nia…
I like his bony plates! At least I think they’re bony? Certainly a magnificently strong animal. At first I thought we were looking at an elephant. 🙂
I think he just has a very thick skin.. no plates but good folds…
I know why I mentioned the rhinos bony plates! LOL! I have been reading dinosaur books ad nauseum–one of my granddaughters can’t get enough. I think I took one look at Mr. Rhino and saw a dinosaur! LOL!
Fun!
Thanks Russ
I agree; I’d rather see the back end in front of me, too ➜ Ha! Great images, as usual, my friend. You always give us an education even if there are no words.
Thanks Gina… never want to be on the front end when on foot…
I can’t imagine trying to outrun one of them and I’m not that good at climbing trees. ☹
I reason one of these could teach one to climb a tree pretty quickly… that bearing down on you could even teach you to fly I reckon…
Fun post! and fantastic close up shots. I am amazed again by your live captures!
Thanks Sheila.. a privilege I enjoy…
ok so this may have you thinking I’m a bit weird but you may actually think that already – but that is a great butt! LOL
Not weird at all, otherwise I would be weird as well… I just love the butt of a rhino… LOL… if on foot walking, I’d rather see this image than the opposite end…
Beautiful shots! Why doesn’t he have a horn?
Thanks Dianne… Why doesn’t he have a horn? Because we are trying to make them unattractive to the poachers… but even this isn’t working. Some reserves are now injecting poisons and dyes into the horns, so that buyers get seriously sick if they ingest the horn… I think this is totally wrong, those that buy the horn from a poached and mutilated Rhino, should die, it must be a slow and terrible death un treatable as a warning to others… we need desperately to stop the poaching that is going on at present… the experts have now said at the rate of increase of poaching, by the end of 2016 they will be extinct… Killing poachers is not the answer when these guys are getting up to R 60 000 a kilogram for the horn… trips to China to try and educate the locals doesn’t seem to be working… our military forces are now out trying to combat the poachers… so now we have to dehorn an animal to try and save his life… because some idiot thinks the horn is better for his sex life than Viagra… when the horn has no effect what-so-ever, in fact it’s the same as chewing on your finger nails… sorry about the long answer but I get hit up about the future of the Rhino… and boy do I wish I could get my hands on a poacher… I would ram the horn so deep up his tail end ….
I don’t blame you at all for being passionate about this. It’s seriously disgusting that poachers kill these beautiful creatures for the horn – The ‘poison’ approach is an interesting one, but I guess the best thing to do is get rid of the horn (which is a crying shame!) I agree about the ramming of the horn where the sun don’t shine for the poachers…
Brilliant photos, bulldog. 🙂
Thanks AD
I love the way you’ve sort of done a jigsaw puzzle right under our noses. 😀
Bob, you’re just brilliant …. you can get quite a few bit & pieces from a rhino. *laughing … quite like the back part shot.
Thanks Viveka… a rather large animal so lots of portions to capture…LOL specially the Butt…
Yes, it reminds me about my own *laughter
That, dear man, was very ingenious! 🙂
Thank you LuAnn so kind of you to say…
Wow what amazing close pictures! I don’t think I like to be a rhino, I think my bum would look fat in its skin! hehe (typical woman, sorry)
My wife asked me if her butt looked as big as the Rhino’s… I could honestly answer…”NO”
That is comforting. ..
The way their bodies are built would make me think that they cannot run very fast, but I understand they can, is that true?
They can certainly out run a man… and with their weight and strength… they can go in a straight line through the bush… man can’t…
All courtesy of good equipment for photos from afar and software. Well done, Bulldog!
Thanks Frank…
He wouldn’t win a beauty contest, but I wouldn’t say that to his face.
Me likewise…
Most of us!
Cool photos Bulldog. He’s a big boy or girl?
The full photo is a boy…
I knew it when I saw that ear 🙂
I thought that would be the hard guess…
Do they cut off the rhino horn to prevent the rhino being slaughtered?
That they do Alex… and as I’ve just answered to Diannegray a little higher up the page in a very long winded way… it’s not working…
Fabulous! 🙂
Thanks Inga
Oh gosh; I thought it was going to turn out to be a marmoset monkey!
Very clever idea for a post, Rob.
Thank you… spent a morning in my favourite park and sat amid 6 of these giants so close I could hear them breathe… some so close it was difficult to get a full picture of them… and that’s where the idea came from…
That was fun – like doing a jigsaw puzzle :).
Glad you enjoyed.. thought of you when doing the post.. thought about a weakly post “guess the animal by it’s ear”
Oooh, that would be so much fun :). You should do it!
Loved this puzzle-like post bulldog! That is one beautiful Rhino indeed and you’ve captured it so well! Great shots my friend. 😀 *big hugs*
Thank you Sonel… I had such fun with 6 Rhinos in very close proximity to me yesterday at Rietvlei… it was lovely, only took 329 photos of them…
Oh, I bet you did and that is a lot of shots indeed. I know the feeling..hehehe