Radioactive rhinos (cartoon)

Mongabay
Nov 11, 2025, 12:34 pm122 ptsTrending
South Africa’s rhinos now have an unlikely superpower: radioactivity! Scientists working on the Rhisotope Project inject the horns of live rhinos with a radioactive isotope. This is harmless to the rhinos, but makes smuggled horns easy to detect during customs inspections with the hope of deterring…

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