That's how you get Jurassic Park.
Anyway, splice an X chromosome from it's nearest genetical neighbor, give it a female clone and let's see what the fuck happens.
Half inbreed rhinos doesn't seem that dangerous comparatively.
edited to add the female rhino part and correct grammar.
Cloning takes a female specimen, to use for the womb. Theoretically, another species of rhino might be used, but I don't think it would work out well. Plus, you'd only get copies of the original. Cloning wouldn't be able to bring the species back, only slightly prolong its existence.
clone wasn't the right word. You'd clone the male and splice the XY chromosome into an XX one by taking an X from say.. a black rhino for the female. You are right, it probably wouldn't work, but why not try it? It's better than extinction... and either way it is a good learning opportunity.
We must go on a quest to find the last female! At which point they will still go extinct due to the genetic bottleneck. But at least he won't be alone!
one more isn't a big deal. When one more becomes the justification for thousands, hundreds of thousands or potentially millions it becomes a parrot phrase that loses it's intended purpose. We are going to make species go extinct, we've done it since we had sticks. It is inevitable, as our own demise is. However, that justification is no excuse for exacerbating extinction rates.
Also the fact that we need like half of those to live. A diverse biome is pretty much required for complicated survival tactics (like social behavior) to thrive.
Rhinoceros keep the deer species in check in their local habitats, due to their territorial nature. They protect short ground cover (i.e., grass and other low plants which the deer eat), which is necessary to maintain an arable non-desert climate in most regions. If there is not another animal in the biome which can expand to occupy the niche (or if the population growth of that animal would cause another undesirable side effect), then the removal of the rhino from that system could cause a short-term major upset in the local biome, or worse, a long-term major upset, which would probably affect the local climate and the climate of neighboring biomes.
.... And the neighboring biomes/climate regions are in part where the world's already-dwindling supply of chocolate is grown, threatened by our current level of climate change. Did you wonder why Hershey's is trying to advertise those all-peanut bars? They're prepping.
https://pagesix.com/2018/02/27/peta-wants-celebrities-to-stop-cloning-their-dogs/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
Anyway, splice an X chromosome from it's nearest genetical neighbor, give it a female clone and let's see what the fuck happens.
Half inbreed rhinos doesn't seem that dangerous comparatively.
edited to add the female rhino part and correct grammar.
.... And the neighboring biomes/climate regions are in part where the world's already-dwindling supply of chocolate is grown, threatened by our current level of climate change. Did you wonder why Hershey's is trying to advertise those all-peanut bars? They're prepping.