AnimalsSavanna
Rhino Fun facts for kids
Ceratotherium simum
The rhino lives on grassy plains in Africa and eats grass, cropped close to the ground.
- Where it lives
- on grassy plains in Africa
- What it eats
- grass, cropped close to the ground
- How big it is
- heavier than a car
Fun facts about the rhino
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Its horn is made of the same stuff as your fingernails and hair, with no bone inside.
Little birds ride on its back eating ticks and screech when danger comes, so they're called the rhino's guard.
Rolling in mud keeps it cool and makes a crust that stops bug bites and sunburn.
It weighs as much as a car, yet it can gallop as fast as a car drives through town.
Every rhino's poo has its own special smell, so it works like a name tag.
Its tube-shaped ears can swivel separately to find exactly where a sound is coming from.
The longest front horn ever measured was taller than most 7-year-old children.
It can hardly see a person standing still not far away, but it hears and smells really well.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live on grassy plains in Africa and munch grass close to the ground all day.
In the midday heat I roll in mud, which keeps me cool and stops bug bites.
Little birds ride on my back, eat my ticks, and screech when danger comes.
I'm as heavy as a car, yet I can gallop surprisingly fast.
On my nose I have two horns, made of the same stuff as your fingernails.
Sammy might be thinking of a rhino.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the rhino in the Savanna adventure.
Play the SavannaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
