White Rhinoceros - Disney's Animal Kingdom

            Guests of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park can visit a herd (crash) of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), as seen here, at the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction and on the Wild Africa Trek.  The white rhinoceros is found in bush country and open grassy flatlands throughout central and south Africa. The rhinos’ large horns, stocky frame and thick skin make them invulnerable to nearly all predators—except one. The main threat to rhinos is people. As human populations grow and expand, rhino habitats shrink. Being forced to live in closer proximity inevitably leads to human-rhino conflicts, which often results in the retaliatory killing of rhinos. But a much more deadly threat is from illegal hunting (poaching) of rhinos for their iconic horns, which are highly prized on the black market.

The success of the rhino breeding program at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park—9 rhino births and counting!—has enabled us to make a direct contribution to the conservation of rhinos in the wild. In 2006, 2 white rhinos, both born at Disney, traveled from Florida to Africa in the first-ever reintroduction of white rhinos from the United States to Uganda. The white rhino population there had been extinct since 1982—could our American-born rhinos help re-establish white rhino populations? It was a bold experiment, but 5 years later, in 2011, a healthy 110-pound (50 k) calf was born. Malaika (“Angel” in Swahili) is the first female white rhinoceros born in Uganda in 30 years!

Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D5200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 640
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/1000 second
Focal Length – 82mm

The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Florida / Bay Lake (show map)

Taken on: June 4, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D5200, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, 82mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5200
Lens:	18.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	82mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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