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Eggs removed from the last two female northern white rhinos have been fertilized with sperm from the now-dead last male, but it will be about 10 days before it's known whether the eggs have become embryos, an Italian assisted-breeding company said Monday.
"We expect some of them will develop into an embryo," Cesare Galli, a founder of Avantea and an expert in animal cloning, said.
Avantea said that only seven of 10 eggs extracted last week from the females in Kenya could be used in the fertilization attempts Sunday using frozen sperm that had been taken from the male, which died in March 2018.
Wildlife experts and veterinarians are hoping that the species can reproduce via a surrogate mother rhino.
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Scientists In Italy Fertilize 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs
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Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ...
(Score: 3, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday August 27 2019, @07:52PM (3 children)
They'll bonk anything.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 27 2019, @11:16PM
But the rhinos called out, "me so horny"
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday August 28 2019, @01:48PM
You are correct, in fact the newsworthy part is that he fertilized eggs, which is contrary to the PLNB principle, I.e. pretty ladies no babies.
Whether the rhinos end up being Italians is another matter. Hopefully they will be exposed to Serie A soccer matches early enough.
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(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Wednesday August 28 2019, @02:37PM
I was going to say... the scientists did it? what a load of bull!
oh wait