Scientists are looking for a way to keep alive the Northern White Rhinoceros population by using different forms of breeding never done to animals of this kind before. There are only two of them left in the world and they both happen to be males so they are trying to impregnate these two females with frozen sperm from past males. Seven of the ten eggs they tried to fertilize, fertilized and the scientists are hoping that they will develop healthy embryos. This type of fertilization process is commonly done in humans and cattle but never before in an animal like this one. Scientists also say that the reason the Northern White Rhinoceros is very close to extinct is because of human actions due to the high numbers of poaching and habitat loss. Overall, scientists have done something that can be used on future animals to stop them from coming extinct even if it is too late to save the Northern White Rhinoceros.

This is a very well written and informational article on mic.com. All of the information is presented in an order that is very easy to read. On thing that I really like about this article is that a lot of the times when talking about science, writers use big words that some may not understand. This article does a great job of using words everyone will understand, and if not they do a very good job of explaining. I also like this article just because it is a wake up call to the people of today. This animal is going to maybe become extinct and they know for a fact that it was for human reasons. Because of this, the author really made a statement in that we need to stop the killing of endangered animals like the Northern White Rhinoceros.

https://www.mic.com/p/northern-white-rhinoceros-eggs-successfully-fertilized-in-attempt-to-save-the-species-from-extinction-18707722

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