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ADELAIDE - A sex-crazed rhinoceros embroiled in a love triangle caused chaos at an Adelaide zoo.
The rhino, Satara went on a rampage after another bull started getting friendly with his girlfriend.
Staff at Monarto Zoo had to use a tranquiliser gun to contain the two-tonne rhino, who broke loose from his enclosure and sparked a wide-scale search on Monday.
The 18-year-old smashed through the steel bars of his pen in search of female company on Sunday night.
"He's a teenager who can't control himself and in the grip of testosterone, he had to get out and try to sow his wild oats," Zoos SA chief executive Chris West said.
Mr West said keepers used a helicopter to locate the white rhino, while visitors were kept out of the zoo.
He suspects the great escape was brought about by jealousy.
Mr West said zoo staff would be looking into the events which lead up to Satara's escape, adding that he suspected another bull may have been in with the female, Yhura, the day before.
- AAP