November 1 is World Vegan Day. For Rhinos, every day is Vegan Day, that being all We eat.
We would be happy to show you Readers the Rhino Veggie Dance, but you can imagine it; it’s a bunch of jolly writhing, wriggling, stomping and chomping. It is not formalized, it’s spontaneous.
Veggies do that to Us. Also, they sustain Us.
Nevada joined the United States on October 31, 1864, following Mr. Henry Comstock’s discovery of silver in 1859. Since then, gold, and other valuable minerals have been found and mined in Nevada.
One feature of Nevada is its extraordinary dryness, having large areas of dessert. Parts of the state get 4 inches of water a year.
It has some big cities with exciting things to do, but much of the territory is barren. Mountains and flat valleys. A lot of each, popular with the native Wildlife.
‘YourInnerRhino’ once again addresses the public need for information.
A Word to the Wise is Sufficient, right?
(BTW, Candy Corn was invented in 1888 by George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia. Now you know.)
Sometimes Rhinos overhear snide remarks about our being fat or awkward. In the Wild, no critter is ever fat; We eat to survive.
We come in a bulky package, it’s true. In our case, Bulk is a sign of glowing health and vigor. That’s the design Nature assigned for Us. We eat hearty or We die.
The standard to which Rhinos adhere is Natural; We own no mirrors.
Day to day, Rhinos are a determined and spunky gang, no doubt about it. That said, in the Larger Picture, Rhinos are as much Nature’s servants as any other living thing. Also, not-living things.
Nature calls the shots, and Everything makes its contribution, according to our design and potential.
Face it: if the sun and moon take marching orders from Nature, why not Rhinos?
Rhinos are a philosophical family, examining the peculiarities of our own history and experience to assess the predictability of Nature.
One thing We have deduced is: Fortune does not favor a good Speller over a not-so-good Speller.
On that topic, it’s a pretty even playing field.
There are prime moments in any Rhino’s life, but mostly our time is spent neither Here nor There. On our way to Somewhere or Other.
Yup.
Few young Rhinos are born brilliant. There is a great deal of information bombarding them from minute #1, and it’s easy to get muddled, connecting the dots… or trying to connect the dots.
What is for sure is that Wisdom is a state that follows Ignorance, given enough time and some focused brain-power.
Not every Rhino is equal to the task. That is just how it is.
We get lots of inquiries about our diminishing numbers. Rhinos are confronting rough times, but We have little power to stem the tide.
There are many species coping with thinning ranks. At some point, there are insufficient members to breed a healthy population, and then the candle goes out, whatever the species. Pfffft.
Some of these problems are Natural, though most of them are not. Rhinos do not snivel; We persevere, sharing good cheer as best We can.
Your Inner Rhino 