Rhino Brothers Frolic at Zoo Center

August 22, 2012

Julie Larsen Maher © WCS

Our two white rhinoceroses, three-year-old brothers, tip the scales at about 4000 pounds. These playful heavyweights could eventually weigh more than 7,000 pounds as adult bulls. To fuel their impressive girth, they consume about 50 pounds of hay and herbivore pellets a day.