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How to move a rhino
- A study led by Dr. Robin Radcliffe examined effects of hanging tranquilized black rhinos upside down in Namibia to mimic helicopter transport.
- Researchers conducted this work because moving rhinos by helicopter in remote areas is common but lacked scientific evaluation of physiological impacts.
- The study compared rhinos hanging by their feet to those lying on their sides and found ventilation improved slightly when rhinos were suspended upside down.
- Dr. Radcliffe explained that these medications are extremely powerful opioids, approximately a thousand times stronger than morphine, and can lead to slowed breathing and decreased blood oxygen levels.
- This finding suggests suspending rhinos by their feet during short transports is safer than expected, though longer suspension times still require testing.
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Hardly touched by an anesthetic syringe, the rhinoceros female, panicked, ran for refuge in a wood, fleeing the helicopter flying in a hoop that was trying to prevent it. The animal, which was to be transferred from one park to another in Kenya, won in front of humans.
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