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Our Rhinoceros Weathervane is a favorite here at West Coast Weather Vanes. All of us really like the way this weathervane turns out. It really seems to come alive! The use of brown glass eyes with black pupils give it a realistic look. We even talked with one customer about perching several Oxpickers or Tick Birds on its back! As with all our weathervanes, this Rhino weather vane can be personalized with optional gold leafing on its horns.

For some reason we have made several Rhino weathervanes for customers who live in Michigan. I’m not exactly sure why Michigan is a hotspot for Rhino weathervanes, but there must be something going on there. In another case, a wife commissioned one of the Rhinoceros weathervanes for her husband’s birthday. His nickname was Rhino. We also made another Rhinoceros weathervane for the Houston Zoo. They put it on top of the Endangered Species Carousel.

Another customer was nice enough to send us a photo of his weathervane after it was installed. He collects Rhinoceros artwork and put one of our Rhino vanes on top of his new building. (See above)

There are five living species of Rhinos that fall into three categories. The two African species, the White Rhinoceros and the Black Rhinoceros, diverged during the early Pliocene (about 5 million years ago) but the Dicerotini group to which they belong originated in the middle Miocene, about 14.2 million years ago. The main difference between black and white rhinos is the shape of their mouths. White rhinos have broad flat lips for grazing and black rhinos have long pointed lips for eating foliage. A popular — if unverified — theory claims that the name White Rhinoceros was actually a mistake, or rather a corruption of the word wyd ("wide" in Afrikaans), referring to their square lips.

Rhino horns are wrongly considered to be particularly effective when used to treat fevers and even "life saving" by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, which in turn provides a sales market. To prevent poaching in certain areas, rhinos have been tranquilized and their horns removed. Many rhino range States have stockpiles of rhino horns.

There are legends about rhinoceros stamping out fires in Malaysia, India, and Burma. The mythical rhinoceros has a special name in Malay, badak api, where badak means rhinoceros and api means fire. The animal would come when a fire is lit in the forest and stomp it out.. There are no recent confirmations of this phenomenon. However, this legend has been reinforced by the film The Gods Must Be Crazy, where an African rhinoceros is shown to be putting out two campfires

Many of our customers like to place several of our weathervanes on the various roof peaks of their homes or out-buildings, creating a "theme". Other African animal weathervanes which might peak your interest: Lions, Elephants, Tigers, Giraffes and the Hippo.

At the time the order is placed, a deposit of 1/3 is due. Upon receipt of the deposit, time will be reserved in our schedule. The balance is due when the weather vane has been completed and prior to shipping. Deposits can be made with Visa, MasterCard or check.

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