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09-22-2016, 03:52 PM
The resilience of rhi**s: Photos capture the world's real-life unicorns
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Most of us have seen the internet meme that says "rhi**s are just fat unicorns." It's actually a fitting description for an animal whose horn some cultures believe has magical properties. It's because of this, however, that rhi**s may too become the stuff of legend.
In the 1800s, there were hundreds of thousands of rhi**ceroses in Africa alone. Today, there are less than 30,000 worldwide, with two species (http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/rhi**) classified as "critically endangered." According to a recent special investigation by National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/10/dark-world-of-the-rhi**-horn-trade/)*in South Africa, where 70% of the total rhi** population resides, the death rate from poaching has increased exponentially in the last few years. In 2007, the country reported 13 rhi**s killed; in 2015, it was 1,175. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/world-rhi**-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Most of us have seen the internet meme that says "rhi**s are just fat unicorns." It's actually a fitting description for an animal whose horn some cultures believe has magical properties. It's because of this, however, that rhi**s may too become the stuff of legend.
In the 1800s, there were hundreds of thousands of rhi**ceroses in Africa alone. Today, there are less than 30,000 worldwide, with two species (http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/rhi**) classified as "critically endangered." According to a recent special investigation by National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/10/dark-world-of-the-rhi**-horn-trade/)*in South Africa, where 70% of the total rhi** population resides, the death rate from poaching has increased exponentially in the last few years. In 2007, the country reported 13 rhi**s killed; in 2015, it was 1,175. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/world-rhi**-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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