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Comments on: World's first AI birth achieved using frozen rhino sperm

:O 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 14:49 GMT

Happy

I'm thinking that I'd not want to be the one tasked with collecting the sperm..

A little reading matter to assist you sir ? 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 15:02 GMT

Happy

"made use of "semen collected from a 35-36 year-old Southern white rhinoceros" resident in the UK's Colchester Zoo some years previously, which had been frozen and stored"

One assumes it's the semen, not the rhino that's been frozen ;o)

Can I nominate Rebecca Loos to assist as I believe she has the requisite skills on her ...errm .. CV.

Errrr... 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 15:08 GMT

I know Rhinos are horny creatures, but I'm wondering not so much about who would collect the semen but how they'd go about collecting it. I'm also wondering whether I really want to know.

I almost picked the coat icon but I'm not sure I'd want to find out what's in the pockets.

@Dave 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 16:17 GMT

Boffin

Bend your imagination to the idea that bull semen is routinely collected for artificial insemination in agriculture, and then extrapolate using the concept that a rhino is just a bigger, stronger bull.

Hey presto, the thinking is complete and the mental energy required wasn't all that great after all.

getting a giggle just thinking about it 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 18:01 GMT

IT Angle

I knew there was such thing as bovine artificial insemination but, not coming from an agricultural background, didn't really understand how it was done. Then one evening I saw, of all things, a comedy special with Buddy Hackett wherein he related a story about artificially inseminating a cow (from both ends of the process). I nearly peed myself from laughing so hard.

re:@Dave 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 19:01 GMT

Not if you've seen a live showing of "milking" thoroughbreds before... *shudders*

Volunteers 

Posted Thursday 13th November 2008 23:19 GMT

Paris Hilton

I'm sure there's some segment of the population where someone could produce a double profit - selling the sperm, and the video of the action

Paris: Because there's probably already a video out there

I seem to recall 

Posted Friday 14th November 2008 08:22 GMT

When I was at uni, the first thing that we were told in AI lectures was "never talk to agrics about AI, just don't."

You tricked me! 

Posted Friday 14th November 2008 16:38 GMT

Joke

And I was wondering how Artificial Intelligence could be related with bull sperm...

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