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2013/08/10 23:40:04
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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 Soladrin wrote:Yeah, and obviously people won't start treating them like cattle to get Ivory. 
You don't have a very high opinion of humanity do you?
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/10 23:40:25
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Basecoated Black
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Good protection though 
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2013/08/10 23:43:48
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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This is very true, the ultimate theft protection system.
I feel like I go through dogs too quick and birds aren't affectionate enough.
The solution............Rhinos  
Rhinos are very long lived. Similar to people.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2013/08/10 23:46:30
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2014/06/14 01:44:31
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Tunneling Trygon
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
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If you want a big pet that takes up lots of land, just get a horse.
EDIT: If you already have a horse, get another horse.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2013/08/10 23:44:46
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2013/08/10 23:48:24
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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 Frozen Ocean wrote:If you want a big pet that takes up lots of land, just get a horse.
EDIT: If you already have a horse, get another horse.
I have had two Clydesdales in my life and for all intents and purposes this is a bigger, longer living Clydesdale.
If the Clydesdale decides it doesn't like you (more chance than the rhino under the circumstances I described) It will off you the same way the Rhino will.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2013/08/10 23:49:54
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 00:04:24
Subject: Re:Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I just can't see owning a rhino ending well. For the Rhino or the Humans.
It seems about as appealing as owning a pet cow.
GG
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2013/08/11 00:15:16
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Jovial Plaguebearer of Nurgle
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If i had the room and cash i'd do it. For those of you who are afraid of them i understand that. But at the same time i have 3 horses each at over a thousand pound. I've been kicked in the calf when one was spooked and thrown while training them. I guess its up to what you feel safe doing and the risks you are willing to take.
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2013/08/11 00:18:05
Subject: Re:Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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 generalgrog wrote:I just can't see owning a rhino ending well. For the Rhino or the Humans.
It seems about as appealing as owning a pet cow.
GG
A pet cow is pretty common among farmers...
It's not a dangerous animal under the mentioned circumstances. Situations where perceived "domesticated" animals attack their trainers are fairly rare, and they almost always involve a naturally aggressive animal like a big cat or a bear. The rhino described in the OP actually is domesticated. Automatically Appended Next Post:  Rotary wrote:If i had the room and cash i'd do it. For those of you who are afraid of them i understand that. But at the same time i have 3 horses each at over a thousand pound. I've been kicked in the calf when one was spooked and thrown while training them. I guess its up to what you feel safe doing and the risks you are willing to take.
Exactly,its basically a really big horse that doesn't give rides.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2013/08/11 00:20:10
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 01:51:06
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Give me a good reason to have a high opinion of humanity, I dare you.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2013/08/11 01:51:18
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2013/08/11 02:00:33
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Soladrin wrote:
Give me a good reason to have a high opinion of humanity, I dare you.
Look no further good sir:
It shoots, and it grills. Humanity. Always finding ways to do the things it does better 
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2013/08/11 02:03:51
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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Soladrin wrote:
Give me a good reason to have a high opinion of humanity, I dare you.
I can't give you a reason, I'm sorry. Most people find their own reasons, but they're all subjective.
We don't have another sapient species next door to compare ourselves too, so the question is a mute point.
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 02:12:47
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 LordofHats wrote: Soladrin wrote:
Give me a good reason to have a high opinion of humanity, I dare you.
Look no further good sir:
It shoots, and it grills. Humanity. Always finding ways to do the things it does better
I'm not an American, shooting things isn't positive.
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2013/08/11 02:19:20
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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Soladrin wrote: LordofHats wrote: Soladrin wrote:
Give me a good reason to have a high opinion of humanity, I dare you.
Look no further good sir:
It shoots, and it grills. Humanity. Always finding ways to do the things it does better
I'm not an American, shooting things isn't positive.
That's actually pretty hype
Would make my party's more entertaining.
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 02:41:27
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Soladrin wrote:Dog's also aren't almost extinct, so IMO castrating a Rhino is fething crime.
Couldn't have said it better.
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2013/08/11 03:05:07
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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White Rhinos aren't threatened at all. They are currently at "Not threatened". They number in at roughly 21,000 currently.
Considering it's a two ton-four ton animal that eats 100's of pounds of food daily & produces just as much waste, those are fine numbers.
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 03:06:41
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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Really 'Not threatened'?
Well I say we start hunting them again...
After all they aren't under threat...
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2013/08/11 03:11:24
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Pretty sure the words Near Threatened are not intended to imply the animal no longer needs protection.
Near Threatened species evaluated from 2001 onwards may also be ones which are dependent on conservation efforts to prevent their becoming threatened, whereas prior to this Conservation Dependent species were given a separate category.
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2013/08/11 03:12:25
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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 purplefood wrote:Really 'Not threatened'?
Well I say we start hunting them again...
After all they aren't under threat...
So keeping a single male White rhino, raising it in luxury and happiness, and giving it similar amounts of attention good people give their kids is comparable to hunting the species to extinction.
Yeah good comparison, there buddy. Really accurate.
Around 10000 people would have the funds, land, time, patience and interests to do this world wide.
This is already legal, so that's not the point
Automatically Appended Next Post:
LordofHats wrote:Pretty sure the words Near Threatened are not intended to imply the animal no longer needs protection.
Near Threatened species evaluated from 2001 onwards may also be ones which are dependent on conservation efforts to prevent their becoming threatened, whereas prior to this Conservation Dependent species were given a separate category.
Since when has Humanity ever been good at predicting anything...
No seriously I cant think of anytime this has happened.
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This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at 2013/08/11 03:26:34
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 05:50:43
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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The kind of person that would buy an exotic pet is usually the last kind of person that should be allowed to own one.
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2013/08/11 06:19:14
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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 rubiksnoob wrote:The kind of person that would buy an exotic pet is usually the last kind of person that should be allowed to own one.
This is usually true.
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 13:27:27
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Tunneling Trygon
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
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It's not about being afraid of it hurting you. It's just... why? Why do you want a rhino? Are you just enthusiastic about them? Is this something that you will put a lot of money and effort into only for the novelty of "I own a rhino" to wear off? I didn't say that a horse couldn't hurt you.
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2013/08/11 13:42:17
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Bryan Ansell
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get a Rhino, Love it, care for it, then, when it's the right size cull it and find a use for its sweet sweet bulky armoured hide.
I bet Rhino meat tastes pretty good as well.
Also, Ivory.
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2013/08/11 14:33:43
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 ThePrimordial wrote: purplefood wrote:Really 'Not threatened'?
Well I say we start hunting them again...
After all they aren't under threat...
So keeping a single male White rhino, raising it in luxury and happiness, and giving it similar amounts of attention good people give their kids is comparable to hunting the species to extinction.
Yeah good comparison, there buddy. Really accurate.
Around 10000 people would have the funds, land, time, patience and interests to do this world wide.
This is already legal, so that's not the point
Automatically Appended Next Post:
LordofHats wrote:Pretty sure the words Near Threatened are not intended to imply the animal no longer needs protection.
Near Threatened species evaluated from 2001 onwards may also be ones which are dependent on conservation efforts to prevent their becoming threatened, whereas prior to this Conservation Dependent species were given a separate category.
Since when has Humanity ever been good at predicting anything...
No seriously I cant think of anytime this has happened.
Pretty sure a Rhino would be happier in the wild.
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2013/08/11 15:41:48
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Fixture of Dakka
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rubiksnoob wrote:The kind of person that would buy an exotic pet is usually the last kind of person that should be allowed to own one.
People that have rescued exotic pets from neglegent owners would agree.
http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2013/05/big-cats-and-other-exotic-animals-rescued-in-kansas.html
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2013/08/11 16:57:59
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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This was primarily a theoretical question. A rhino would basically be a really big Clydesdale which I have experience with.
This is the kind of animal that would be neccasary to give at least a good 5 hours attention daily.
I can't tell you why I'd consider this, I just like the animal and have the money and time.
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 19:57:17
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.
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That's a grill, detective.
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Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
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2013/08/11 20:01:36
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Houston, Texas
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You don't say
Did he actually think that thing could shoot and be loaded with tank rounds of some sort?
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Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
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2013/08/11 21:07:48
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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ThePrimordial wrote:
You don't say
Did he actually think that thing could shoot and be loaded with tank rounds of some sort?
He did not.
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Dakka Bingo! By Ouze
"You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry. |
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2013/08/11 21:17:41
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Angry Blood Angel Assault marine
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They say a man who sets out on the path of owning a rhino should first dig two graves.
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War is not a matter of who is right, it is a matter of who is left.
It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it’s fun and games without depth perception. - TSOALR
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2013/08/11 21:18:08
Subject: Pet Rhino?
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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The first one will need to be rather large.
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