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The end of the line for the Northern White Rhino

  • 20-03-2018 6:39pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭


    The last known living male has died at 45, leaving only two females of this breed of Rhino alive in the world.

    Other breeds of Rhino such as the Western Black have also been declared extinct recently.

    Is this all down to poaching or is there other factors at play?


Comments

  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Did they get a, emm, 'sample' before he snuffed it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    Did they get a, emm, 'sample' before he snuffed it?

    Yeah, they did.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,255 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Bloody Chinese


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    Any chance of them turning lezzie?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭ThinkProgress


    Sure it's grand, they have a few of them in captivity... this was the last wild one left.

    Besides, they kind of all look the same anyway... just grab one of the southern white Rhinos... nobody will know the difference. "Does it have a big horn on it's head? Yep! "Job's a good'un!" :P


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Life, uh, finds a way


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    He was a prick anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,009 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Sure it's grand, they have a few of them in captivity... this was the last wild one left.

    Besides, they kind of all look the same anyway... just grab one of the southern white Rhinos... nobody will know the difference. "Does it have a big horn on it's head? Yep! "Job's a good'un!" :P

    No, all gone. Extinct in the wild about 10 years ago. As for why they're extinct, we're all the cause of that, although those fecking alternative medicine crowd need to take a bit more of the blame for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,486 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Sure it's grand, they have a few of them in captivity... this was the last wild one left.
    Errm, no they don't, not the Northern subspecies anyway.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭ThinkProgress


    Alun wrote: »
    Errm, no they don't, not the Northern subspecies anyway.

    They don't seem to like breeding too much... that could be a problem when it comes to the auld extinction thingy! :pac:

    Pandas too... they've been trying to go extinct for years... but we won't let them!! :(

    Rhinos kinda look a bit sad and depressed to me... maybe it's just their turn to go extinct?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    They don't seem to like breeding too much... that could be a problem when it comes to the auld extinction thingy! :pac:

    Pandas too... they've been trying to go extinct for years... but we won't let them!! :(

    Rhinos kinda look a bit sad and depressed to me... maybe it's just their turn to go extinct?

    Actually the giant panda has been downgraded, ore would that be promoted, from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the global list of species at risk of extinction.

    Kinda sad and something we will see a lot more of, especially if we think of animals in the wild.

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭ThinkProgress


    Humans are also extinct from the wild... quite sad when you sit back and think about it. We only exist in captivity! (despite being the smartest animal on the block)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    I think there's a few populations of humans surviving in the wild, in Brazil and Paupa New Guinea anyway, as far as I know


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    I think there's a few populations of humans surviving in the wild, in Brazil and Paupa New Guinea anyway, as far as I know

    Dundalk too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    I think there's a few populations of humans surviving in the wild, in Brazil and Paupa New Guinea anyway, as far as I know

    The Sentilese still kill anyone who comes too close.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭backspin.


    Stupid Chinese and their silly potions. And they aren't done yet. Elephant tusks, lion and tiger bones. Pretty much any of the majestic animals are under threat. So sad and so pointless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Everyone likes to blame poachers but we, in the west, are probably much more to blame through the deforestation we cause by our massive demand for cheap resources from developing countries


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Everyone likes to blame poachers but we, in the west, are probably much more to blame through the deforestation we cause by our massive demand for cheap resources from developing countries

    How has deforestation killed off this Rhino species?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    razorblunt wrote: »
    How has deforestation killed off this Rhino species?

    We need to clear trees to build houses and apartments theirs a housing shortage unless you weren't aware?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,376 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    jmayo wrote: »
    Actually the giant panda has been downgraded, ore would that be promoted, from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the global list of species at risk of extinction.

    Apparently the main reason they were chosen by the WWF as their symbol was to save on printing costs as they were black and white.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Oasis1974 wrote: »
    We need to clear trees to build houses and apartments theirs a housing shortage unless you weren't aware?

    Don’t think rhinos are forest dwelling creatures


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,198 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    I think there's a few populations of humans surviving in the wild, in Brazil and Paupa New Guinea anyway, as far as I know


    Don't forget about Leitrim!!


    Edit: Ah ****e. Just noticed someone else had given the same point about Dundalk!

    Bastard


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Don't forget about Leitrim!!


    Edit: Ah ****e. Just noticed someone else had given the same point about Dundalk!

    Bastard

    Fake county!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭zoe 3619


    Well,fair play to whoever gathered the 'sample'.Just spending a moment thinking about the logistics of that..
    Apparantly the two females aren't fit for breeding from.Don't know if that's due to age,state of health or close relationship (one's his daughter,other is grand daughter)
    Find this fairly heart breaking to be honest.Poor creature has been living for years with a team of armed guards around him to protect him from poachers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,417 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Blame Mr Burns; "see these white slippers they're albino, African endangered Rhino".

    Glazers Out!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    Humans are also extinct from the wild... quite sad when you sit back and think about it. We only exist in captivity! (despite being the smartest animal on the block)

    I wish we were extinct, period, let alone just in the wild..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,417 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    jaxxx wrote: »
    I wish we were extinct, period, let alone just in the wild..

    The rest of us wish you were extinct.

    Glazers Out!



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    jaxxx wrote: »
    I wish we were extinct, period, let alone just in the wild..
    for some reason this tune entered my head after reading your post.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,198 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    zoe 3619 wrote: »
    Well,fair play to whoever gathered the 'sample'.Just spending a moment thinking about the logistics of that..
    Apparantly the two females aren't fit for breeding from.Don't know if that's due to age,state of health or close relationship (one's his daughter,other is grand daughter)
    Find this fairly heart breaking to be honest.Poor creature has been living for years with a team of armed guards around him to protect him from poachers.


    They just let themselves go and got fat.

    Same as any other female with low competition. They stop making an effort.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭SuperS54


    They don't seem to like breeding too much... that could be a problem when it comes to the auld extinction thingy!

    There's stuff they could take for that, I hear the Chinese do a good line in powdered horns...for the horn


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭backspin.


    SuperS54 wrote: »
    There's stuff they could take for that, I hear the Chinese do a good line in powdered horns...for the horn

    And perhaps a little ivory trinket for the mantel piece. Chinese great bunch of lads. Love a bit of pointless extinction.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    backspin. wrote: »
    Stupid Chinese and their silly potions. And they aren't done yet. Elephant tusks, lion and tiger bones. Pretty much any of the majestic animals are under threat. So sad and so pointless.

    If you ever want to have the crack with US customs officials use one of the border crossing into Alaska.
    Once upon a time I got brought into a US border post on the Alaskan border and I got to play a guessing game with the some of the confiscated stuff that has been sent to them from the major airports and ports of the lower 48.
    I was shown what I thought was an elephant tusk that some eejit tried to smuggle through San Fran airport in a suitcase but it turned out to be a Walrus tusk.
    Another thing that looked like a snake skin turned out to be a leopard penis.

    It was an eye opener as to how much stuff they do find and that is probably just a tiny portion of it.
    Apparently the main reason they were chosen by the WWF as their symbol was to save on printing costs as they were black and white.

    I thought it was because they looked cute.
    Although they never show the males rubbing their ar**es up on bamboo trees to mark their territory.

    A bit like they never showed the "cute" young elephant male trying to ride a poor rhino calf because he was so horny.

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭pxdf9i5cmoavkz


    Has feminism gone too far?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Its a very sad story about the Rhino, and probably not the last we will hear about it


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭backspin.


    Has feminism gone too far?

    For the white rhino. Id say you are right..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I heard Michael Flatley is devastated, he needed one more to complete the set of horns in his gaff.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    I'm unclear on why anyone cares. Animals go extinct every day. Its how evolution works. The weak who fail to reproduce perish, the strong who do inherit the earth. The world is still turning without the white rhino.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭backspin.


    Sand wrote: »
    I'm unclear on why anyone cares. Animals go extinct every day. Its how evolution works. The weak who fail to reproduce perish, the strong who do inherit the earth. The world is still turning without the white rhino.

    We are making the extinction rates abnormal. We are going to lose some majestic animals because we seem to think 10, 15, 20 billion people is sustainable. We need to cop the f**k on and protect some of the planets beauty. Or maybe it's more important to have 5 billion Chinese and 3 billion Africans and 4 billion Indians.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭manonboard


    Sand wrote: »
    I'm unclear on why anyone cares. Animals go extinct every day. Its how evolution works. The weak who fail to reproduce perish, the strong who do inherit the earth. The world is still turning without the white rhino.

    The rate of the extinctions in the last few decades, is extremely high. It's nothing like a 'natural' rate as seen in all of our previous history bar major extinction events.

    Many people love animals being alive in the world. That is why we care.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    manonboard wrote: »
    The rate of the extinctions in the last few decades, is extremely high. It's nothing like a 'natural' rate as seen in all of our previous history bar major extinction events.

    Many people love animals being alive in the world. That is why we care.

    There will be other animals alive in the world, they just wont be the white rhino.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Firblog


    Recently stopped donating money to Concern, redirected it to a wildlife charity.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Don’t think rhinos are forest dwelling creatures
    Mokèlé-mbèmbé is a rhino.

    Elephants live in jungles so smaller animals would have it easier. Also the Congo forest , like the Sahara, expands and contracts with the climate specifically the rains.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 779 ✭✭✭HONKEY TONK


    Sand wrote: »
    I'm unclear on why anyone cares. Animals go extinct every day. Its how evolution works. The weak who fail to reproduce perish, the strong who do inherit the earth. The world is still turning without the white rhino.

    The world will still turn when the last bacteria disappears off this planet

    It’s also not the strong who inherit the earth.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    backspin. wrote: »
    Stupid Chinese and their silly potions. And they aren't done yet. Elephant tusks, lion and tiger bones. Pretty much any of the majestic animals are under threat. So sad and so pointless.
    Pangolins :(


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