It can also be frequently found in mud wallows. The black rhino is a browsing animal which feeds on leaves, twigs, and shrubs. Black rhinos are often aggressive animals known for their fierce temperament. Many times its charge is only a bluff, however. An adult black rhino has no natural enemies.
Black rhinos live either singly or in small groups of females led by a male.
Females have one or occasionally two young, which may take up to three years to leave its mother. Poaching is the primary threat to the black rhino. It is hunted for its horn, which is used as a medicinal powder in Asia, and for making daggers in Yemen. Rhinos are also threatened to a lesser degree by habitat destruction. While black rhinos are protected by strict laws prohibiting hunting, poaching continues to be a problem.