Black rhinos weigh an average 1,760-3,080 pounds. They are not really black, but grey like the white rhinos. They are called ‘black’ rhinos to distinguish them from the ‘white’ (coming from Afrikaans wordfor ‘wide’/white mouth). We only have 1,004 black rhinos and 971 white rhinos,” Mutua said. Before the 11 black rhinos died, “we did not pay attention to what the experts told us to do.
