Last Male White Rhino

[boricuarage79]

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[Bouncer]

I'm sure they have blood samples. Why can't they clone it?

[Keiser]

Incredibly sad

[Scrumhalf]

Just to be clear, this is the northern white rhino that is near extinction.

They have plenty of sperm from the animal. The problem is that there are only two female northern white rhinos and both of them are two old to carry calves to term. Scientists are thinking of using artificial insemination to fertilize an egg from one of the females and then implant it into a southern white rhino female who can be a surrogate and carry the calf to term, but obviously this is incredibly complicated and nobody has done anything like this before.

[Bouncer]

Just to be clear, this is the northern white rhino that is near extinction.

They have plenty of sperm from the animal. The problem is that there are only two female northern white rhinos and both of them are two old to carry calves to term. Scientists are thinking of using artificial insemination to fertilize an egg from one of the females and then implant it into a southern white rhino female who can be a surrogate and carry the calf to term, but obviously this is incredibly complicated and nobody has done anything like this before.

Why did the scientist let this get so close to extinction?

Not that it's their fault I don't mean that. But why weren't they doing this when the female's weren't too old like say 10-15 years ago?

[Scrumhalf]

I'm guessing there wasn't a large captive population to do this with. And rhinos are supposed to be notoriously hard to breed in captivity, I think.

Yeah, people should have stepped in way earlier, but this is a part of the world where there was strife and wars, and the poaching was really bad. I think the conservationists are totally outgunned and out-funded versus the poachers. Rhinos didn't stand a chance.

[Mr I]

How in the fuck can this happen anymore we can easily transport numbers away to protected locations. Take breeds to new Zealand ffs

[Bouncer]

How in the fuck can this happen anymore we can easily transport numbers away to protected locations. Take breeds to new Zealand ffs

like scrum said. war zones and poverty we couldn't imagine. kinda easy for us to sit and judge.

[Mr I]

I guess, but the world wildlife fund has so much money and others like

[boricuarage79]

I'm guessing there wasn't a large captive population to do this with. And rhinos are supposed to be notoriously hard to breed in captivity, I think.

Yeah, people should have stepped in way earlier, but this is a part of the world where there was strife and wars, and the poaching was really bad. I think the conservationists are totally outgunned and out-funded versus the poachers. Rhinos didn't stand a chance.

Artificial incrimination may not work. I read somewhere that Sudans sperm was not potent enough to do so.

Poachers should just be shot on the spot

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