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weak caustic alkali solution it will soften and flake 

 in the same way that our finger nails and patches of 

 hard skin soften under the influences of soap and 

 water. 



There is one use the rhinoceros has for its horn, and 



The tail of an African elephant. The hairs are compound, and 

 similar in structure to the nasal horn of the rhinoceros. 



that is probably peculiar to it. After dropping its 

 dung the animal turns round and charges the heap with 

 its horn and wrathfully tosses the dung about ; some- 

 times ploughing up deep holes in the ground with the 

 nose and horn during this weird performance. Selous 

 states that this applies to every prehensile lipped 

 rhinoceros irrespective of the length of the posterior 



