tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post7255895241601059081..comments2023-04-22T20:33:27.970+01:00Comments on Susan A Eames - Travel, Fiction and Photos: R IS FOR RHINOCEROS : A-Z Challenge Susan A Eameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-88675103667608195992016-04-29T22:58:20.558+01:002016-04-29T22:58:20.558+01:00You got me!You got me!Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-57179779029772615682016-04-22T12:49:10.280+01:002016-04-22T12:49:10.280+01:00I'm glad you like them, Karen. The black rhino...I'm glad you like them, Karen. The black rhino was such an unexpected and thrilling sighting.Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-72918901317744197302016-04-22T12:43:25.545+01:002016-04-22T12:43:25.545+01:00Two of my favorite animals today- rhinos and wilde...Two of my favorite animals today- rhinos and wildebeest. Still, I would be so frightened in that situation! Good thing you managed to get out of the way. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622419748182854266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-91132690699060203452016-04-22T11:26:35.554+01:002016-04-22T11:26:35.554+01:00Silvia, I can't seem to link to your blog via ...Silvia, I can't seem to link to your blog via your google + page. Could you give the link next time you leave a comment? Thanks.Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-66034151774329518472016-04-22T10:56:22.870+01:002016-04-22T10:56:22.870+01:00No! I think you wait for me to make my prediction ...No! I think you wait for me to make my prediction then you change your post! ;-)<br /><a href="https://ouchmybackhurts.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"> AJ at Ouch My Back Hurts</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243223293334955376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-21668670463242917562016-04-22T08:43:26.551+01:002016-04-22T08:43:26.551+01:00Fortunately my husband was more alert than I gave ...Fortunately my husband was more alert than I gave him credit for at the time. :)<br />(Funny you should mention 'books' - it will become part of book I currently have in the planning stages.)Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-71131394594751464132016-04-22T08:41:39.529+01:002016-04-22T08:41:39.529+01:00It all happened so fast... the rhino was alarmed.....It all happened so fast... the rhino was alarmed... we were alarmed! :)<br /><br />(I love shrews!)Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-69560259629179751772016-04-22T08:40:22.062+01:002016-04-22T08:40:22.062+01:00It was a very special experience in its own right,...It was a very special experience in its own right, but not sure I'd want to repeat it. :)<br />(Nice guesses, although I don't think you'd find sun bears in Africa)Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-90462969440598396322016-04-22T08:38:31.408+01:002016-04-22T08:38:31.408+01:00I have more, Deb. None of these 'scary'enc...I have more, Deb. None of these 'scary'encounters are deliberate - it's just the law of averages really. :)Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-4249088095489729702016-04-22T08:37:13.629+01:002016-04-22T08:37:13.629+01:00Yes indeed, Liz. Rhinos will give fair warning bef...Yes indeed, Liz. Rhinos will give fair warning before attacking and can usually be avoided if you use your common sense.Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-37296613983867425412016-04-22T08:35:34.189+01:002016-04-22T08:35:34.189+01:00Rhinos will charge a vehicle if goaded and we were...Rhinos will charge a vehicle if goaded and we were in its way. Besides, it was on MY side of the car! :)Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-32103082574173237442016-04-22T03:30:02.121+01:002016-04-22T03:30:02.121+01:00I was holding my breath reading this! You are luck...I was holding my breath reading this! You are lucky he didn't charge your vehicle. It is an amazing story and one for the books. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-49117822879188426492016-04-22T02:11:23.739+01:002016-04-22T02:11:23.739+01:00Wow, in a situation like that, my heart would have...Wow, in a situation like that, my heart would have been pounding so hard I think the rhino would have heard it!<br /><br />I'm going to guess that your next animal is the shrew. Not sure why :D<br /><br />Tracy (<a href="http://www.blackbootslonglegs.com" rel="nofollow">Black Boots, Long Legs</a>)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029024747291611805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-57490626499396606652016-04-22T02:11:20.602+01:002016-04-22T02:11:20.602+01:00This is so funny ... in hindsight. If I'd been...This is so funny ... in hindsight. If I'd been there, I would probably have had a heart attack. <br /><br />S ... perhaps for snakes? Or scorpions? Or sun bears?Aneetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743839548116316080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-59983810512163373962016-04-22T00:29:53.381+01:002016-04-22T00:29:53.381+01:00What a crazy story! I would have been terrified. S...What a crazy story! I would have been terrified. So, S...could that be for snake?<br />@deb_atwood from<br /><a href="http://www.PenInHerHand.com" rel="nofollow">Pen In Her Hand</a>Deb Atwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952385670651888660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-41608461265068467632016-04-22T00:04:16.203+01:002016-04-22T00:04:16.203+01:00Wonderful, i love rhinos. Rather gentle creatures,...Wonderful, i love rhinos. Rather gentle creatures, really, compared to hippos. Hippos kill more people in Africa than all other animals put together.Liz Brownleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391982640958944942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-69459023409455910242016-04-21T23:32:26.970+01:002016-04-21T23:32:26.970+01:00What a great moment although I would have been tel...What a great moment although I would have been telling my husband to move too. They are intimidating animals.<br /><br />@WeekendsinMaine<br /><a href="http://www.weekendsinmaine.com" rel="nofollow">Weekends in Maine</a>Weekends in Mainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137035578512456633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-14039167886758903142016-04-21T21:29:35.071+01:002016-04-21T21:29:35.071+01:00Yes! He was very cross with us for disturbing him....Yes! He was very cross with us for disturbing him.Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-65794218406323167932016-04-21T21:28:16.513+01:002016-04-21T21:28:16.513+01:00Hi Linda - good to see you. Rhinos up close are wo...Hi Linda - good to see you. Rhinos up close are wonderful though - you might surprise yourself.Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-11064920202138509052016-04-21T21:26:57.795+01:002016-04-21T21:26:57.795+01:00Thanks for visiting, Silvia - and you're right...Thanks for visiting, Silvia - and you're right, there is something gentle about them - they're herbivores after all. Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-70126142079075475272016-04-21T21:19:59.930+01:002016-04-21T21:19:59.930+01:00You must have felt like you were wearing a target ...You must have felt like you were wearing a target on your chest.The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-38265291276193738082016-04-21T20:15:07.030+01:002016-04-21T20:15:07.030+01:00Just catching up with your A-Z challenge. Amazing ...Just catching up with your A-Z challenge. Amazing creatures but I wouldn't want to see rhinos in the wild except through a very long lens!<br />Linda Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799429286538446158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-39597268959761411272016-04-21T19:35:10.434+01:002016-04-21T19:35:10.434+01:00Amazing animal to look at, even if only in picture...Amazing animal to look at, even if only in pictures, and read about. Huge, yet something about them seems gentle, at least in my imagination. Silvia Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437144517262211712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-65073403029878310642016-04-21T19:13:55.092+01:002016-04-21T19:13:55.092+01:00They are beautiful and extremely powerful animals,...They are beautiful and extremely powerful animals, Zeljka. Photos and tv is how most of us get to see these animals and if we can't visit them in their natural habitat, that's how it should be... they don't deserve to be incarcerated in zoos.<br /><br />Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369429383948592696.post-65461665124171372112016-04-21T19:02:05.294+01:002016-04-21T19:02:05.294+01:00I like to see rhinos on photos and on tv... I don&...I like to see rhinos on photos and on tv... I don't think I've ever seen one even in the Zoo...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943387683191699239noreply@blogger.com