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RE: The last male Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) in the world is serious ill, and could die very soon, leaving no males of this subspecies alive

in #nature7 years ago

Hi @valth you’re welcome. Yes in principle it should be straightforward, however i suspect as with everything there will be a curve ball in the whole process, and I suspect this is why they have not being able to impregnate the females already. I suspect the male probably as less than perfect sperm quality already, which if frozen may just kill off any decent sperm.

Lets hope they can fine tune the process so that the world can celebrate the birth of a northern white rhino and if we are lucky its a male and he can take the honour of being called Adam.

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Yeah, we should just cross out fingers and hope they are able to successfully impregnate one of the females. It really seems like the last chance for this subspecies.