Feast of San' Ercole dei Rinoceronti (WAS: VV(11):April 15th

[David Morris]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A285185

The rhinoceros is remarkable for possessing nasal passages that are larger 
than its brain.

It is also the world's most endangered large, land-dwelling mammal, hunted 
to near extinction by the vain and the sexually desperate. This mottley 
collection of odd-toed ungulates once formed a vast family that included the 
largest land mammal ever to walk, or possibly stomp, the earth. The rhino's 
horn is actually an outgrowth of compacted hair, so those who feel the need 
to ingest it on the dubious grounds that it increases sexual prowess, or to 
own a small jewelled dagger made of the stuff, could just as well use 
something extracted from the U-bend of their shower.

Generally associated with its heavyweight compatriots, the elephant and 
hippopotamus, the rhinoceros is actually more closely related to the horse, 
but under no circumstances should you attempt to saddle one up.


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