Look at the Behemoth (Rhinoceros)

Thank you, young sister-in-Christ, Giselle T., for sending me 92 photos from your vacation to use in my Spiritual Wildlife and Nature blogs, including the Rhinoceros below.

“Look at the Behemoth [Rhinoceros] which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly! Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close knit. Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron. It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with His sword.’

‘The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby. Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh. The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it. A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth. Can anyone capture it by the eyes or trap it and pierce its nose'” (Job 40:15-24)?

Rhinoceroses are characterized by the possession of one or two horns on the upper surface of the snout; these horns are not true horns but are composed of keratin, a fibrous protein found in hair. Modern rhinoceroses are large animals, ranging from 2.5 metres (8 feet) long and 1.5 metres (5 feet) high at the shoulder in the Sumatran rhinoceros to about 4 metres (13 feet) long and nearly 2 metres (7 feet) high in the white rhinoceros. Adults of larger species weigh 3–5 tons.

Rhinoceroses are noted for their thick skin, which forms platelike folds, especially at the shoulders and thighs. All rhinos are gray or brown in colour, including the white rhinoceros, which tends to be paler than the others. Aside from the Sumatran rhinoceros, they are nearly or completely hairless, except for the tail tip and ear fringes, but some fossil species were covered with dense fur. The feet of the modern species have three short toes, tipped with broad, blunt nails.

Conclusion

Giselle and I will soon start working on a timeline to create her blog, hopefully next month. However, as a busy journalist we have to work around her schedule. I am excited more young sisters-in-Christ are interested in blogging, and I am extremely eager to help.

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/animal/rhinoceros-mammal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros