It is a little concerning that the correction of the shape of your nose is technically called a RHINOPLASTY!
You may think that the Rhino is the final look everyone is going for!
Do not worry! The root here is the word Rhino which actually means nose! In fact a nose specialist is called a Rhinologist!
The animal Rhino is a short form!
It is of course short for rhinoceros, which is derived from the Greek words “rhino” (nose) and “ceros” (horn)! The emphasis on the horn!
Now did you know that they are one of the heaviest animals now on land but still they are dwarfs when you compare them to their ancestors!?
Some son’s can never become bigger that their father apparently!
So rhinoceroses are some of the largest remaining megafauna: all weigh at least one ton in adulthood!
Their thick skin are like impenetrable armour! In the marvel series there is a villain Rhino who has similar capabilities and that armour is his weakness since he cannot tolerate high temperature! Also the suit makes his movement to be restricted in that he can move only in one direction and cannot change it suddenly just like our actual Rhino!
But you would be surprised to know that the present Rhinos are dwarfs when you compare them to their ancestors who were the largest mammals!
That species was Paraceratherium and the exact size of Paraceratherium is unknown because of the incompleteness of the fossils. Paraceratherium means “near the hornless beast”
The shoulder height was about 4.8 metres (15.7 feet), and the length about 7.4 metres (24.3 feet). Its weight is estimated to have been about 15 ton! (33,000 to 44,000 lb). The long neck supported a skull that was about 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) long!
Bigger and heavier than our Rhino! But still it got extinct due to multitude of reasons like climate change, low reproduction rate, and invasion by other species. Our Rhino is also susceptible to extinction since many feel there are some medicinal value in its horn! How horny…I mean corny can you get!?
Then again there are those who do not any Rhino…Plasty that is! One such natural actor with grace and beauty was Bangalore Saroja Devi! A great life lived with glamour and grace! She will be missed!
Heart felt condolences
OM SHANTHI
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