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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 04 2018, @11:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the sad-state-of-affairs dept.

There are three northern white rhinoceroses left. The last male of this subspecies lives in Kenya and is already quite old for his kind of animal. He is ailing now.

But recently, a secondary and much deeper infection was discovered beneath the initial one and Sudan was taking longer to recover, "despite the best efforts of his team of vets who are giving him 24-hour care", the organisation said.

There are two other white rhinos left in the world – a female named Najin and daughter Fatu, both also living at the conservancy in Kenya. Health problems or their ages – around 28 and 17, respectively – have left them unable to reproduce.

Wildlife experts and conservationists expressed deep regret over the prospect of the northern white rhino completely dying out. Technically, the species is already classified as extinct because it no longer exists in the wild, conservationists said.

The last few there and elsewhere have been protected 24/7 by heavily armed guard to try to slow down poaching. However, poaching and the other underlying reasons for the impending extinction are unlikely to be solved within the next few decades.

Sources:
Last male northern white rhino Sudan falls ill as species edges closer to extinction. South China Morning Post
The world's last male northern white rhino is on death watch. CNN


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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @12:23AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @12:23AM (#647796)

    Still more believeable a fable than magical zombie carpenters from the sky.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by acid andy on Monday March 05 2018, @12:36AM (4 children)

    by acid andy (1683) on Monday March 05 2018, @12:36AM (#647799) Homepage Journal

    On the plus side, the zombie carpenter had useful advice about being nice to people, instead of a scam to profit from the slaughter of rare species for a small and ultimately useless component part.

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    If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @02:01AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @02:01AM (#647816)

      "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword"

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @11:11PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @11:11PM (#648244)

        Uh, context. He was saying he would return, not to bring peace between good and evil, but to bring a sword to cut/separate good and evil. Did you know that Satan has a knack for using words to trick weak-minded humans? Just sayin'...

    • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by LoRdTAW on Monday March 05 2018, @02:43AM

      by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday March 05 2018, @02:43AM (#647826) Journal

      *IF* Christ himself wasn't a scam artist or another level of scamming on top of that which turned into the greatest organized scam of all time. If you think about the grandiose stories of christ's miracles such as walking on water, spitting into dirt making mud from said spit and rubbing it onto a blind mans eyes which instantly restored his sight, touching and healing lepers, water to wine and a bunch of other crap I probably tuned out in catholic school; I'ts likely they were completely fabricated by the authors supposedly about 20 years after christ died when they decided to write the damn thing.

      My little theory is that christ was a sort of david koresh / l. ron hubbard type who was a regular joe who realized he was a better grifter than carpenter and switched to preaching about being the son of god to gain their following (jews. am I right, Eth? I kid. anyway...). Then there are the stories of miracles but who's to say that the apostles weren't his inner circle of henchmen who pulled off all the stunts in the background. Take the water to wine miracle for example. Who's to say that after the jugs were placed outside, unobserved, a couple of apostles jumped the fence/wall/whatever, swapped the water for wine (probably stolen) and voila! Miracle! The more "miracles" he pulls off the more convincing he is to the dumber populace, hence why he hung out with a lot of poor people and ne'er-do-wells; they're gullible and desperate. I'm sure he got's lots of free pussy from said whores for blessings and whatnot while he tried to figure out his next move was. I'm sure he also pissed off a lot of people along the way, especially the political and religious elders who don't like people going around claiming to be the son of god and king of the jews. So he had to keep moving around which is why all of his dumb miracles are in different cities and towns. He was either smart and didn't stick around too long until someone caught on or he was ran out of town after he was caught. Either way, he kept pissing a lot of people off his his shenanigans until it got all the way to the top, pontius pilate, the prefect who is like a governor in the USA. He saw christ as a real trouble maker and threat to local order so he did what I can only say is the "sane" thing for his time, get rid of the bastard and make sure everyone, including his little pack of stooges, not to fuck around like that. EVER.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @06:01PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @06:01PM (#648068)

      Do I still count as Christian if I doubt that Christ is God, but still think his ideas of putting people before religious rules and treating them well are good ideals?