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Post by politicidal on Mar 20, 2018 15:23:33 GMT
Leaving just two females left to save the species. Uhh....
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 20, 2018 16:59:41 GMT
Leaving just two females left to save the species. Uhh...
, I read about this.
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Post by marsexplorer on Mar 21, 2018 0:10:14 GMT
Leaving just two females left to save the species. Uhh.... Do they have any of the male's sperm frozen?
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Post by mecano04 on Mar 23, 2018 16:05:21 GMT
That's really sad.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 23, 2018 16:14:55 GMT
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Post by marsexplorer on Mar 26, 2018 1:32:22 GMT
There is hope then. I don't know the success rate for artificially inseminating a rhino in captivity, lets hope it's better than a panda's.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 26, 2018 3:44:57 GMT
marsexplorer According to the linked article the last females of the northern white rhino are Sudan's daughter and granddaughter and they too have some health problems. Saving the species may depend on cloning and surrogate southern white rhino mothers.
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Post by marsexplorer on Mar 27, 2018 2:59:11 GMT
BATouttaheckScientists will be traveling a slippery slope if they intend on cloning.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 27, 2018 3:35:17 GMT
marsexplorerIn vitro fertilization and Southern-White-Rhino Mother surrogates seems to be the first route they plan on taking ..according to that link.
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Post by marsexplorer on Mar 31, 2018 21:40:28 GMT
BATouttaheckI watched a episode on the PBS show Nature. It said pretty much the same things as your article did. It's good to see that they will try artificial insemination first. Sounds like a daunting task though. Here's the link if anyone woukld like to watch it: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-last-rhino-about/16024/
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