Sunday, 30. May 2004
Topic: SCIENCE - on May 30, 2004 at 5:06:00 PM CEST
Close encounters of the rhinoceros turd kind
Volker Grun's thesis project is crap - but reeks of sex appeal.
The University of Canterbury student is embarking on a world-first study of white rhinoceros poo and its smell's effect on behaviour.
His horny study is the butt of many jokes but it is deadly serious - it aims to boost the endangered species' captive breeding rate, which hovers at a low 8 per cent worldwide.
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