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5 unusual facts about Rhinoceros


A Feast Unknown

Two paperback editions were published by Playboy Press in 1980 and 1983, and Rhinoceros released a paperback edition in the U.S. in 1995.

David Kandel

The woodcut “Rhinoceros”, for the work Cosmographia (or “Cosmography”) by Sebastian Munster is, along with his maps, also very famous and depicts a rhinoceros truly based on the Dürer sketch.

Giovanni Giacomo Penni

This work was published on July 13, 1515 (about 10 cm x 9,5 cm) and depicts the oldest representation of the Rhinoceros (Dürer's Rhinoceros) since Roman times, of a specimen known by its Gujarati name of Ganda, precented to King Manuel I of Portugal, by Afonso de Albuquerque in May 1515.

Keith Stevens

Stevens was nicknamed "Rhino" by his team mates, although it is unclear if this was due to his fearless tackling style or the size of his nose.

Wildlife Treasury

The Rhinoceros, Proboscis monkey, and Platypus are all discussed, at the end of which the young boy exclaims: "They're all in my Wildlife Treasury!!" The commercial ran on American television for several years in the 1980s, most significantly on Nickelodeon.


.416 Remington Magnum

While the .375 H&H Magnum is considered marginal on heavy, dangerous game, the .416 Rigby was recognized as a big bore with definitive stopping power to put down elephant, African Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.

.460 Weatherby Magnum

It is designed to provide the ultimate in stopping power against African elephant, African buffalo, hippopotamus and the rhinoceros.

Better Times Are Coming

Better Times Are Coming is a 1970 album by supergroup Rhinoceros on the Elektra Records label.

Clive Forster Cooper

He returned to Cambridge University, where he organized an expedition to collect large mammalian fauna, including specimens of the gigantic rhinoceros Baluchitherium, from the Bugti beds of Baluchistan.

Cornelius the First

During the Canadian federal election of 1984 The party made a major part of their platform declaring war on Belgium because a Belgian cartoon character, Tintin, killed a rhinoceros in one of the early works of the comics series.

Daniel Weiss

Danny Weis (born 1948), founding member of both Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros

Danny Weis

Guitarist Danny Weis (born in Huntington Park, California) is best known as a founding member of both Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros, as well as co-writer of Rhinoceros's only charting single, "Apricot Brandy".

Denel Dynamics Seeker

In December 2012, Denel Dynamics deployed a Seeker II against rhinoceros poachers in Kruger National Park.

Dolph Sweet

Shortly after, he made his Broadway debut in Rhinoceros which starred Zero Mostel.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

The ability to "piggyback" or use various animal companions, called "Animal Buddies", returns from its predecessor, such as Squitter the Spider, Glimmer the Anglerfish, Rambi the Rhino, Rattly the Rattlesnake, Nerk the Seal, Enguarde the Swordfish, and Squawks the Parrot, which can boost the gameplay experience, proving advantageous at certain points in a level or the whole level overall.

Joe Silver

His film credits include Rhinoceros (1974), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977), and second billing in You Light Up My Life (1977).

Joseph Anthony

From March 1960 through March 1961, Anthony successfully opened the original Broadway productions of four shows which ran simultaneously: The Best Man at the Morosco Theatre, Under the Yum Yum Tree at Henry Miller's Theatre, Rhinoceros at the Longacre Theatre, and Mary, Mary at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova

Like its predecessor, Dancouga Nova is a combining robot type of Super Robot, which have four separate units with each unit having its own pilot; the Nova Eagle, Nova Rhino, Nova Liger, and Nova Elephant, that form the Super Robot Dancouga Nova.

The Dancouga Nova is a combination of four separate machines, which are the Nova Eagle, Nova Rhino, Nova Liger, and the Nova Elephant.

Lawrence Norfolk

Norfolk based his second novel, The Pope's Rhinoceros, on the story of an actual animal; see Dürer's Rhinoceros.

Nicolaas Jan van Strien

His field research on the Sumatran Rhinoceros in Gunung Leuser National Park was important for conservation measurements on this species.

Non-human electoral candidates

Cacareco, a rhinoceros at the São Paulo zoo, was a candidate for the 1958 city council elections with the intention of protesting against political corruption.

Paul A. Rothchild

He also produced albums and singles for John Sebastian, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Paxton, Fred Neil, Tom Rush, The Lovin' Spoonful, Tim Buckley, Love, Clear Light, Rhinoceros and Janis Joplin, including her final LP Pearl and her only no. 1 single (written by her then-lover Kris Kristofferson) "Me and Bobby McGee".

Raymond Sargent

He toured for two years from 1994-1996 with the highly successful nationally touring musical production of The Buddy Holly Story playing Norman Petty and Jack Daw, he also played parts in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Rhinoceros! and Hard Times.

Rhinoceros Party

He stated he named the new party (then under the name "neorhino") for the Rhinoceros Party and for Neo, the Matrix character.

São Paulo Zoo

and the rhinoceros Cacareco, made famous by the episode when it was elected city councilor in the elections of October 1958.

Therosaurus

On 23 June 1823 Charles Lyell showed some to Georges Cuvier, during a soiree in Paris, but the famous French naturalist at once dismissed them as those of a rhinoceros.

Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams

Various costumed animal dancers surround the unit, such as a tiger, panther, antelope, chimpanzee, cheetah, leopard, and a life-sized rhinoceros along with walking stilt performers dressed as a stylized zebra and giraffe.

William Todd-Jones

He has raised money for the charity by running marathons as a rhinoceros, appearing at fund-raising events, and by walking across Africa (from sea level to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro) in the rhino costume, alongside author Douglas Adams.

Todd-Jones's performance of a full-bodied rhinoceros costume for the Sir Peter Hall/ Gerald Scarfe stage production led to his involvement in the London-based charity Save the Rhino, for whom he became a patron.


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