Word: rhinocerosity
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The rhinoceros models, among the largest life-sized bronzes of their kind made in modern times, were put in place April 24, completing the design of the Biological Laboratories, built in 1931. They have been three years in preparation by Miss Lane, who also worked out the other decorations of...
Modelled from a female Indian rhinoceros in the Bronx Zoo, New York, each of the statues stands about six feet tall and measures over thirteen feet from horn to tail. The statues are not duplicates, having been designed and cast separately. The Indian rhinoceros, selected because it is one of...
Near Nairobi, Kenya Colony, East Africa, a rhinoceros charged an onrushing locomotive, derailed the train. Several passengers were injured, the rhino killed.
Two three-ton bronze statues of the Indian rhinoceros, the work of Boston sculptress Ratherine W. Lane, were put in place on pedestals on either side of the main door of the Biological Laboratories Saturday.
Evidence indicated that Pekin Man was 500,000 to 1,000,000 years old, since he was found with remains of bear, deer, rhinoceros, hyenas and rodents of the early Glacial Age. He also appeared to be a cannibal especially fond of eating from the head, since the heads discovered...