Rhino Communication Center
If you think that this White Rhino bull is just scraping his dung around you are mistaken. He is actually adding important information to this Rhino Communication Center, called a Midden. The same location is used by many Rhinos to place their dung and with it to place information.
A dominant bull will mark his territory and he will scrape the dung to show his dominance.
Females in the area by will leave their droppings, but they will not scrape. They leave a scent message for the dominant bull in case they are ready to mate. If that is the case he will pick up the info at his next visit and look for the lady.
Any young bull pathing through the territory will also leave his message (a distance away from the big guys’s stuff) without scraping to tell the dominant bull that he does not want to challenge him.
If another bull puts his dung on top or near the dominant bull’s droppings and scrapes them around then he declares his intention to challenge the territory holder. As soon as they meet they will fight!
So, if you see dung in the bush, it is not always just waste 🙂
Interesting. What would mean for female Elephants kicking their dung around, I have seen this at the zoo almost showering the visitors with dung.Keeper had call her down Didn’t realize how far they can kick it.
Always such interesting information had no idea that is what they do
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