CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
India Rhinoceros 
Garden in 1904, and was about two years old at that time. He 
stands sixteen feet in height, and can reach seventeen and one- 
half feet. There were three giraffes born in the Garden. The first 
one lived six days, the second one lived two hours, and the 
third one born grew up to be a fine specimen. This third was a 
female and is twelve years old now, and stands thirteen feet in 
height. When she was eight months old the mother died from 
fright. Whenever there was a thunder storm, the poor animal 
would stand in one place and tremble all over. The giraffe is the 
tallest of all animals. Its enormous stature is due to the extra¬ 
ordinary long neck and legs. It chews its cud as all horned 
animals do. In its wild state it eats the leaves of the Mimosa; 
its food in captivity consists of carrots, onions, bread, oats, bran 
and hay. When walking it has a stately and dignified appear¬ 
ance, but when it trots it looks very ridiculous. Its mode of 
defense, like that of the horse, consists in kicking with its heels; 
thus it may defend itself against the lion. Its hind legs are very 
light and their movements so rapid that the eye can not follow 
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