Rhinoceros
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Northern white rhinoceros skin cells turned into egg precursors
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists were able to obtain from the skin cells of the female northern white rhinoceros cells similar to the primary germ cells – those from which gametes are obtained during development. The subspecies is considered extinct, but scientists are looking for ways to restore the population. Northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) are thought to be extinct in the wild. There are only two females left on…
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Elephant and rhinoceros cemetery 1.4 million years old found in Kuban
(ORDO NEWS) — In the exposition of the Azov Museum-Reserve, you can see the world‘s only skeleton of a five-meter monster – the Caucasian elasmoterium – just “straightened” people, Homo erectus, ate such. An ancient cemetery of elephants and rhinoceros aged 1.4 million was found by scientists on the shores of the Sea of Azov. Prehistoric fossils collected on the Taman Peninsula, in the Temryuk region of the Kuban, were…
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Scientists plan to create artificial rhinoceros eggs from stem cells to save the species from extinction
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists are working to create artificial eggs from stem cells to save the endangered northern white rhinoceros from extinction. There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world. And they are females. The current situation with the northern white rhino is extremely deplorable. There are only two of them left – Fatu and Najin. And they are females. Obviously, the northern white rhinoceros is close…