Last Saturday, Indonesia's Way Kambas National Park celebrated the birth of a new cub from the critically endangered Sumatra rhinoceros. We used ChatGPT to bring the good news.
According to Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry, this is the third cub of the mother, Ratto, and the father, Andales, a 22-year-old Sumatran rhino born and raised at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio and transported to Indonesia for mating purposes. The puppy, who has not yet been named, was born healthy, weighing 27 kg, was on her feet in less than 45 minutes and breastfed by her mother after less than 4 hours.
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Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bekar expressed her delight, calling it "happy news not only for Indonesia, but for the entire world."
This birth is quite symbolic, as it happened in a reserve located on the island of Sumatra, which, as their name suggests, is the origin of these rhinos. They were once common throughout Southeast Asia, but aggressive hunting for their horns has reduced their numbers to a few dozen to a few hundred today. And if that's not enough, this species' tendency to seclusion makes it very difficult to mate and give birth to a successor generation that will preserve the species.
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