Another fun job for the folks at Men’s Fitness magazine.
This month’s illo was ‘How to escape a rhinoceros charge’. The fairly straight forward brief became more complex as I did a bit of research into the subject.
Firstly, it’s only the black rhino that is aggressive, the ‘white’ rhino is much more passive.
Why then – I hear you ask – are these rhinos white? Well, according to Wikipedia, the two species aren’t distinguishable by colour. The name ‘white’ is a “mistranslation of the Dutch word wijd for wide, referring to its square upper lip as opposed to the pointed or hooked lip of the Black Rhinoceros. These species are now sometimes referred to as the Square-lipped (for White) or Hook-lipped (for Black) Rhinoceros.”
So, now you know how to distinguish (as well as escape) from an angry rhino.
