I used to wonder why they were called white rhinos if they weren't white. It turns out that white is actually being used here as a synonym for "wide" because it was a wide mouth
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I used to wonder why they were called white rhinos if they weren't white. It turns out that white is actually being used here as a synonym for "wide" because it was a wide mouth
Hehe, yeah, it's really funny how they got their name! When it was first described the dutch translation for "wide" was misinterpreted for "white", and now they are stuck with the wrong name.