White Rhino Calf – Hluhluwe, South Africa
(Classification: Ceratotherium Simum)
Image Name: Little Horn of Tomorrow
Nestled in the archaic beauty of King Shaka Zulu’s ancestral hunting grounds, in what is now known as the Hluhluwe-Imfolosi Reserve in Zululand Natal, a mother white rhino and her calf greet the rise of a new day.
Little Horn of Tomorrow
In the golden dawn you skip and sway
Chasing the dust that dances away
Your feet drum softly on mother’s tracks
Not so far, yet never held back
Your horn is a promise small and shy
A moonbeams curve beneath the sky
One day the hills will feel your might
But for now you’re pure delight.
The grasses bend to watch you play
The wind hums songs to guide your way
Little Horn, may your journey be long
In the heart of the wild forever strong.
This young Southern White Rhino calf reflects a promise for tomorrow and symbolises hope, resilience and the future of a species on the brink of extinction. With less than 15000 individuals left in the wild, conservation efforts face there biggest obstacle with eastern mindsets that use / drink powdered horn as a status symbol believing the horn carries some mystical powers.
Used also in traditional Asian medicine as proposed poison detector or cure for cancer.
Extensive and rigorous scientific studies have of course debunked these claims as the horn itself is made of a mostly fibrous protein called keratin or keratinized skin cells, which is what our hair and nails consist of.
Rhino horn is weight for weight more lucrative than gold or diamonds.




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