Do rhinos really put out forest fires?

[Kizarvexius]

…as asserted in The Gods Must Be Crazy?
Well, do they?

[Malacandra]

From the Forum Index the title reads “Do rhinos really put out…”

…and I have to say, I really do not want to know the answer. :eek:

[Ponster]

I saw it on the Simpsosn.

Not a lot of the web expect forforum conversation . But granted it’s not the cite of the year.

here are quite a number of legends about the rhinoceros stamping out fire. The story seems to have been common in Malaysia and Burma.

This type of rhinoceros even had 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 stamp it out.

If there is or can be any truth in the legend, it would be hard to decide. Suffice it to say that there has been no sighting of this phenomenon in recent history.

[CynicalGabe]

That’s it. Rhinos and penguins have got to be the coolest animals ever!

[CalMeacham]

“Remember, only you (and rhinos) can prevent Forest Fires!”

[DougC]

…If there is or can be any truth in the legend, it would be hard to decide. Suffice it to say that there has been no sighting of this phenomenon in recent history…

• • • Partly due to the reason that it takes a seriously-huge set of brass balls to go out and play with rhinos…

… and anyway, the bushman getting his fire stamped out is still one of the funniest scenes in the movie.
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[mittu]

@CalMeacham

“Remember, only you (and rhinos) can prevent Forest Fires!”

Now you’re just being silly, rhinos don’t prevent forest fires, just put them out once they have begun. :wally