Show rhinoceros hide the rh rhinoceros Inoc eros hide Is generally regarded as tougher than the elephant hide it Is not true ho howee weNer as generally supposed that a bullet will not penetrate this skin except between the deep folds it Is naturally soft and easily penetrated by a bullet or hunting knife when dried it becomes exceedingly hard and was formerly used by indian princes in making shields for their soldiers big game hunters use large caliber rifles when hunting the rhinoceros though sometimes guns of small caliber are employed the favorite shots are the heart shot and the neck shot it does not appear that the one animal Is much harder for a big game hunter to kill than the other |