The name 'white' rhino probably comes from an old Dutch or Afrikaans word meaning 'wide', describing the animal's broad, flat lips. Those wide lips are perfectly shaped for cropping short grass, like a lawnmower. Black rhinos, by contrast, have pointy lips for grabbing leaves from bushes.
White rhinos love to wallow in mud pools on hot days. Rolling in mud might look like fun (and probably is), but it also helps keep the rhino cool and protects its skin from insects and the hot sun. After wallowing, a dry mud coat acts like a natural sunscreen.
A baby white rhino is called a calf and is absolutely huge even at birth — weighing about 40 to 65 kilograms. Calves run alongside their mothers almost immediately and are very playful. A mother rhino is extremely protective and will place herself between her calf and anything that seems threatening.
In Eswatini, white rhinos are carefully looked after in parks such as Hlane Royal National Park and Mkhaya Game Reserve. Conservation workers track each rhino and make sure they are healthy and safe. Thanks to these efforts, rhino numbers in Eswatini have grown over the years.