Nibbling and Eating

As herbivores, white rhinos mainly eat grasses found in their grassland and savannah habitats. They prefer short grasses around 3 to 4 inches tall and use their square lips to crop the grass close to the ground.

Here is a rhino at the North Carolina Zoo nibbling and eating grass.

Rhino Nibbling

Rhino Eating

Grass for Rhino

White rhinos are grazers, feeding entirely on grasses that they crop with their wide front lip. Their short legs, long head reaching almost to the ground, and wide mouth, combined with a side-to-side head movement, allow them to eat massive quantities of grass.

Here are two herbivore rhinos at the North Carolina Zoo eating grass.

Grass for Rhino