Tales of a traveling zoologist, with a sharp sense of style and an even sharper intellect. Ermantrude is the muse of the designer Charlotte Linton www.charlottelinton.com

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September 2, 2011

and here she is! Our early start brings rewards and from a far distance we spot out first Javan Rhino. It is now critically endangered due to poaching - mainly for Chinese medicine and loss of habitat. The Ujung Kulon peninsula was an area devastated by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, this created a safe haven for animals such as the Rhino when many of the human inhabitants never returned. It’s wonderful armored plates fitting together like a puzzle are a thick skin created by layers of collagen lattice which will protect the rhino from the blows from horns of conspecifics.

and here she is! Our early start brings rewards and from a far distance we spot out first Javan Rhino. It is now critically endangered due to poaching - mainly for Chinese medicine and loss of habitat. The Ujung Kulon peninsula was an area devastated by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, this created a safe haven for animals such as the Rhino when many of the human inhabitants never returned. It’s wonderful armored plates fitting together like a puzzle are a thick skin created by layers of collagen lattice which will protect the rhino from the blows from horns of conspecifics.