August 12, 2020 4:55 PMKUANTAN: Some skin, eggs and tissue samples are all that remain of Malaysia’s last rhinoceros, Iman, who died last November after years of failed breeding attempts.
The 25-year-old Iman died in a nature reserve on Borneo island, following massive blood loss caused by uterine tumours, within six months of the death of Malaysia’s last male rhino, Tam.“Tam was the equivalent of a 70-year-old man, so of course you don’t expect the sperm to be all that good,” said John Payne of the Borneo Rhino Alliance , who has campaigned for about four decades to save Malaysia’s rhinos.
The Malaysian scientists plan to use cells from the dead rhinos to produce sperm and eggs that will yield test-tube babies to be implanted into a living animal or a closely related species, such as the horse. And even if it worked, the animals’ lack of genetic diversity could pose a threat to long-term survival, Galli told Reuters.
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