SAFARI SCARE
Tourists’ two minutes of terror as furious white rhino charges after them
TOURISTS on a safari tour were left terrified after a rhino started chasing after them.
A video of the incident showed the furious animal charging after them for almost two minutes while the driver sped away.
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Rian Boshoff filmed the white rhino chasing the group while they were on safari in Sabi Sands in South Africa.
In the video, the safari jeep speeds away as the animal pursues the vehicle.
As the rhino growls at the jeep, one of the women repeatedly yells "oh my god".
Another person makes loud noises at it, trying to scare it off.
After being chased for almost two minutes, the rhino eventually gives up.
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Rian that while the rhino was initially calm, it "suddenly charged" when they drove past.
They explained that their driver attempted to speed off, making sharp turns in a bid to confuse the poor-sighted animals - but it didn't work.
The driver eventually shook off the rhino after they made their way back to the main road - before admitting that the rhino has charged the jeep before.
White rhinos are the second largest land mammals in the world, weighing up to 2.5 tonnes and can run up to 30mph.
According , they are one of only five species of rhino that are not endangered as they mostly live in protected areas.
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Last month, a group of tourists were also chased by a rampaging elephant while on safari in South Africa.
It isn't clear how long the group were chased for or what the outcome was.
Another woman screamed at an elephant to ";please go" after being chased for almost a mile.
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