Presenting, the second largest land animal on Earth in terms of physical size (or third largest in terms of weight): the White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Native to Southern and Northeastern Africa, these rhinos were called "white" by early English settlers who misinterpreted the name given earlier by Dutch settlers – "wjid", which means "wide", referring to the wide mouths these rhinos have.

Like its smaller cousin the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), the White Rhinoceros is actually grey in colour. And both species, indeed all five remaining species of Rhinocerotidae, have been mercilessly poached for their distintive horns, which the Chinese believe to have medicinal values and the Arabians find ornamental uses in. Though the White Rhinoceros currently has the biggest population among the five species, its northern subspecies (Ceratotherium simum ssp. cottoni) is critically endangered.

Unlike the antlers of a deer, which consist of bones, the horns of a rhinoceros are made up of keratin – densely compacted hair. In other words, they are giant hairballs. Imagine eating that, yucks!