Scientists Have Created Fake Rhino Horn. Could It Curb the Illegal Wildlife Trade?

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Nov 8, 2019, 5:20 pm1.1k ptsInteresting
Scientists have created fake rhino horn that looks and feels so much like the real thing they argue it could help undermine the illegal market for horn, lucratively sold as an aphrodisiac in traditional Chinese medicine. The artificial horn is made out of bundled horsehair glued together with a matrix of silk,…

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