The Spring Weather Really Gets Him Down -- Mahon, six-year-old rhinoceros at Whipsnade Zoo, wasn't bit pleased at the sudden change in the Weather. "Fancy offering me a cup of tea on the hottest day this year, "he says to keeper Albert Rogers. "That will never cool me down. What I want is a nice muddy pool, right up to my cars, with plenty of gnats buzzing around. Then I could have a really cosy snooze. "It was the hottest day since October 25 last year. Temperature in London was 64 degrees in the shade. So Tired! Even the offer of a cup of tea from the keeper failed to induce Mahon. six-year-old rhinoceros, from sitting up and taking notice at Whipsnade Zoo. to the amusement of the crowd, Mahon just went off to sleep again. March 9, 1950.