Cincinnati Zoo's Endangered Rhino Dies

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http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/07/04/zoo-rhino-dies/12212653/

The zoo said Nikki, the 23-year-old Indian rhinoceros, died from an as-yet unknown illness that could be linked to an ovarian tumor. She died at 7 a.m. Thursday morning in her indoor home at the zoo's Rhino Reserve.

[faeriewench]

Aw that's sad RIP Nikki

Nikki by ki_faerie_wench, on Flickr

Edit: This one is Nikki, photo I posted earlier was one of the other female Rhinos they have.

[Existential]

Was she the one who always hid herself behind the cave wall, and would charge out at unsuspecting walkers turning around the bushy corner? I watched her for a LONG time making zoo-goers shriek in terror if so.

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How incredibly sad. I hope that her species survives and doesn't go the way of the Martha, the Passenger Pigeon. I would hope that the zoo could/would capture Nikki's DNA.

BTW, just read an article about Passenger Pigeons and the possible reintroduction of the extinct species!

http://longnow.org/revive/what-we-do/passenger-pigeon/

[coaster_junky]

Was she the one who always hid herself behind the cave wall, and would charge out at unsuspecting walkers turning around the bushy corner?  I watched her for a LONG time making zoo-goers shriek in terror if so. 

 

I know that this is a long time delayed, but the rhino you were describing is actually Manjula. Nikki's yards were the ones located on the opposite of the African Veldt loop.