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World's Last Male Northern White Rhino Gets Internet Dating Profile
This is What's Trending Today.
Do you know you can find the profile of Sudan, the world's only male northern white rhinoceros on Tinder?
Tinder is a smartphone app people use to find a date.
Sudan's profile says "the fate of the species depends on me," and he enjoys travel and the outdoors.
Since rhinos cannot use smartphones, who wrote the profile?
Sudan lives in a wildlife conservancy in Kenya called Ol Pejeta. The conservancy created the profile to draw attention to the endangered species.
There are only three northern white rhinos alive. Many were killed by poachers who took their horns to sell.
In some cultures, the horns are used as special medicine. That is why they can be worth up to $50,000 per kilogram.
The two female northern white rhinos are named Fatu and Najin. Conservationists said they have tried to get him to mate with the female rhinos. But neither of them has gotten pregnant.
Animal experts are worried that the northern white rhino might become extinct. Sudan is 43 years old and may not live long. Most northern white rhinos only live between 40 and 50 years.
That is why Ol Pejeta is working with Tinder to raise money for what are called Assisted Reproductive Techniques. One of these well-known techniques is in-vitro fertilization. That is where the egg of a female rhino is fertilized by the sperm of a male rhino. It becomes an embryo and then is implanted into a female's uterus.
In this case, they are hoping to use the more common southern white rhino to carry the embryo and hopefully give birth to a baby rhino.
When people see Sudan's profile on Tinder, they can give money to support the project.
The conservancy hopes to raise $9 million for the project and to have 10 northern white rhinos in five years.
Richard Vigne is the head Ol Pejeta. He says the eventual goal of the program is to introduce northern white rhinos back into the wild.
And that's What's Trending Today.
I'm Dan Friedell.
词汇解析
1.depends on 取决于；依赖于
The development of the food industry depends on that of agriculture.
食品工业的发展有赖于农业的发展。
2.raise money 筹集资金
From what I could gather, he was trying to raise money by organising festivals.
据我所知，他想通过举办节庆活动来筹款。
3.endangered species 濒危物种
Pandas are an endangered species.
熊猫属于濒危物种。
4.in-vitro fertilization 体外受精
The 42-year-old singer got pregnant with twins after many rounds of in-vitro fertilization.
这位四十二岁的女歌手诞下的这对男婴是多次尝试体外受孕后的结果。
内容解析
1.In this case, they are hoping to use the more common southern white rhino to carry the embryo and hopefully give birth to a baby rhino.
In this case 在这种情况下；既然如此
In this case it is necessary to cancel the Party planned for june16th.
既然如此，那就必须取消原定于6月16日举行的聚会。
In this case, this worker may not need to do a formal impact analysis.
在这种情况下，该工作人员可能不需要做正式的影响分析。
2.In this case, they are hoping to use the more common southern white rhino to carry the embryo and hopefully give birth to a baby rhino.
give birth to 生育；生产（怀孕）
These women will give birth to God-knows-how-many girls until they have a boy.
这些女人不知道生了多少女孩，直到生了个男孩才罢休。
I wanted to teach and give birth to my own set of scientific children.
我要去教书，培育我自己在科学上的后代。
参考译文
“社交求偶”北部白犀牛濒临灭绝
这里是《今日热点》节目。
你知道吗？世界上最后一只雄性北部白犀牛苏丹（Sudan）也开始在Tinder上“约妹”了。
Tinder是一款智能手机交友软件。
苏丹的简历中写着：“我肩负着北部白犀牛繁衍的重任，”以及爱好旅行和户外活动等信息。
当然，犀牛不会使用智能手机，那么谁写下的这些简历呢？
苏丹现居住在肯尼亚一处名为“Ol Pejeta”的野生自然保护区内。保护协会创建这份简历的目的是希望社会关注濒危动物。
现存的北部白犀牛只剩下三只。为了盗取犀牛角，偷猎者杀害了大批北部白犀牛。
在一些文化中，犀牛角被视为特殊药材。因此，犀牛角的价格飞涨至每公斤50000美元。
剩下的两只雌性北部白犀牛分别是法图（Fatu）和纳金（Najin）。自然资源保护人士称，他们尝试让苏丹和两只雌性白犀牛交配。但是，两只雌性白犀牛都没有成功受孕。
动物专家担心，北部白犀牛可能会灭绝。43岁的苏丹已然时日无多。多数北部白犀牛的寿命大约在40岁到50岁。
这也正是Ol Pejeta保护区利用Tinder为辅助生殖技术筹款的原因。其中一项技术就包括体外受精。就是让雌性犀牛的卵子与雄性犀牛的精子完成受精过程。等形成胚胎后再将其植入雌性犀牛的子宫内。
在这种情况下，他们希望通过南部白犀牛进行胚胎移植繁育后代。
网友可以通过Tinder上苏丹的简历捐款助力这一项目。
该保护协会希望为这一项目筹集900万美元，并在未来五年内繁衍10头北部白犀牛。
理查德·维涅（Richard Vigne）是Ol Pejeta保护区的负责人。他表示，该计划的最终目标是让北部白犀牛重回野外生活。
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