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think.” 5.1. _____ It won the award in 2021 and involved suspending 12 black rhinos upside

down by their ankles from a helicopter. But while hanging rhinos make for spectacularly

absurd photographs, the procedure is, in fact, all about their survival.

Sadly, black rhinos in Africa are on the brink of extinction. In the 1960s, more than 100,000

black rhinos lived in the wild, but 30 years of illegal hunting wiped out 98% of the animals.

By the mid-1990s, only about 2,300 black rhinos remained. 5.2. _____ However, despite this

success, the fight must go on. To protect rhinos from poachers*, who are the main threat to

the animals, they are kept within fenced reservation areas. But this prevents the animals

from colonizing new areas or mixing genes by finding mates living in different areas. So

conservationists sometimes have to move rhinos. Most rhino relocations are carried out with

trucks, but some remote locations can’t be reached by road. 5.3. _____ Typically, the rhino is

hung upside down by its ankles. But until the Ig Nobel Prize-winning study, no one had ever

established whether this upside-down transportation is actually safe for the rhinos involved.

This is where science comes in. The winning study compared the effects on bodily functions

when rhinos were hung by their ankles to when the same animals were lying on their sides.

The researchers found rhinos hung upside down can breathe more easily than when rhinos

are laid on their sides. 5.4. _____ But, unfortunately, we have no choice. If we are to save

endangered species, we can’t simply leave them to themselves. They either need to be

moved to where they are safe from poaching, or to new areas where there are no rhinos.

We want the rhinos to survive the relocation procedure, and to have as strong and healthy

immune and reproductive systems as possible on their release. 5.5. _____ No matter how

absurd this method may seem, we need to use the safest way of transporting them.

Na podstawie: www.theconversation.com

* Poacher – kłusownik.

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A. Since then, careful and targeted conservation efforts have doubled their numbers.

B. To achieve that, we must organize research studies, even if they involve hanging rhinos

upside down.

C. Despite that, the award-winning researchers found that hanging a rhino upside down

during relocation is the better option for its health.

D. Of course, it is sad that we have to put these sensitive and gentle giants through such

an unnatural process in the first place.

E. A rhino relocation study which was carried out by a group of American scientists fits this

description perfectly.

F. So ten years ago, conservationists began using helicopters on an occasional basis to

move rhinos to and from these inaccessible places.

PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!

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