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I went to Kenya in 2017 and saw the last white rhino in the world. Today combing through the photos to write a travelogue, inadvertently searching the Internet for the latest news of the white rhino, found that the white rhinoceros is no longer there, and the male white rhinoceros species has disappeared.
This image is from the official website of the Kenya Protected Areas
When we went to visit, there was only one male northern white rhino (aka northern white rhino) left in the world. It is called Sudan and lives in the Ol Pejeta Reserve, 200 kilometers north of Kenya's capital Nairobi.
If I remember correctly, the local staff told us that there are only three white rhinos in the world, of which the male white rhino is only Sudan, and it is also the last moment of life. Looking at the following two pictures, Sudan's right eyeball is no longer there, and his left eye has almost no vision, usually relying on hearing and eating under the care of the keeper.
Why did the northern white rhinoceros become extinct? Poaching is a major cause, and it is a crime.
According to publicly available sources, until 1960, some 2,360 northern white rhinos were roaming Central Africa, Sudan, Congo, Uganda and Kenya. But by 1984, rampant poaching and civil violence had reduced their numbers to about 15.
We Chinese probably guess the reason for poaching white rhinos, which is to obtain expensive rhino horns.
Rhino horns are formed from epidermal keratin and have no bone core inside. The main components of rhino horn are keratin (Keratin), cholesterol, calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate and so on. It also contains other proteins, peptides, free amino acids, guanidine derivatives, sterols, etc.
Because rhino horn has always been used as a medicinal material and a precious collection, the space for interest is huge, so rhinoceros has become a major target for poachers. According to the Guardian, rhino horn can sell for more than $75,000 per kilogram, or nearly 450,000 yuan.
In 2009, only eight northern white rhinos were kept in a zoo in the Czech Republic, and only four of them (2 males and 2 females) were still potentially fertile. Conservationists transport them to their warm, vast african homeland, hoping to incentivize them to breed and save the subspecies from extinction.
"Sudan" died in 2018, and the only two northern white rhino females in the world remain, called "Najin" and "Fatu". Before Sudan died, the sperm was removed and preserved. Using artificial insemination, the staff cultivated some embryos of the northern white rhinoceros. If these embryos can mature, maybe our children will still have a chance to see the northern white rhinoceros in the savannah, rather than looking at specimens in museums or pictures in textbooks.
The purpose of Mr. Zhao's article is simple, purely to record the travel experience of these years, and the article is only published in today's headlines. If you see this article on other platforms, you can basically judge that it is plagiarism. Plagiarists are legally liable. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.
Twenty Years of Travel Sharing 199: Africa 16: Kenya 15 Maasai people of Kenya
Twenty Years of Travel Sharing 190: Africa 7: Kenya 6 Lake Navasha 2 Osprey
Twenty Years of Travel Sharing 189: Africa 6: Kenya 5 Lake Navassa 1 Hippopotamus
Twenty Years of Travel Sharing 202: Africa 19: Kenya 18 Ark Hotel in Nyeli
Twenty Years of Travel Sharing 194: Africa 11: Kenya 10 The Great Rift Valley spans the equator
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