Emi is a Sumatran rhino, one of the most endangered mammals on the planet. Having been orphaned on Sumatra, she was brought to the Cincinnati Zoo, where zookeepers hoped she might have a baby. But Emi and Ipuh, the male Sumatran rhino at the zoo, couldn't seem to conceive, and no one at the zoo could figure out why. Then one of the scientists made a surprising discovery. Includes a rhino field guide, glossary, and index. Full-color photographs.
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Terri Roth, director of the Cincinnati Zoo's Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife, and pregnant rhinoceros Emi introduce readers to the practices of captive breeding programs. Carson provides fascinating details about painstaking observational research and the creative ways scientists like Roth solve problems. Photographs featuring Roth at work are upstaged only by those of the rhinos themselves. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.