Wild Kratts
Power of the Rhino!
Clip: Season 1 | 1m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Chris and Martin find out about the rhino's symbiotic relationship with oxpeckers.
Chris and Martin find out about the rhinoceros's symbiotic relationship with oxpeckers.
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Wild Kratts
Power of the Rhino!
Clip: Season 1 | 1m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Chris and Martin find out about the rhinoceros's symbiotic relationship with oxpeckers.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Hey, we're the Kratt brothers!
I'm Martin.
And I'm Chris!
And these are rhinos!
Famous for that prehistoric look.
The tough armor-like skin, and that amazing horn.
That horn, and the weight behind it.
If you had that charging at you, Not many creatures want to mess with a rhino!
The third-largest land animal in the world!
Oh, and check out that horn!
It's made of a special substance called keratin.
The same stuff our fingernails are made of!
And our hair!
But in a rhino, it's woven together to make a very light horn.
But when the rhino smoothes it out on the rocks, it looks like, and is, a pretty awesome weapon!
Rhinos are near-sighted.
That means they can see things pretty well close up, but anything far away is a little blurry.
And if they don't know what something is, they get nervous and that is when they charge!
Rhinos have a special relationship with a bird that gives a warning call whenever danger's near.
The bird is called an oxpecker, and it hangs out on top of the rhino!
The oxpecker picks ticks and parasites out of the rhino's ears and off its skin, getting a meal and cleaning up the rhino.
Everyone gets something out of the relationship.
And that kind of relationship is called a symbiotic relationship.
Creature teamwork!
The rhino's horn, its impressive size and its charging power make the rhino one of the most impressive animals on earth!
Imagine if we had the creature powers of the rhino.
BOTH: What if?
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