I’m still basically on my work/life-compelled blog hiatus, but I could not so abandon the BJ community as to fail to bring to your attention serious-charismatic-megafauna-gettin’-busy video.
Hence, Ladles and Jellyspoons, may I present some awesome rhino porn (h/t ScientificAmerican.com):
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Do read the story framing the clip. There is the suggestion of some significant insights into animal behavior that may — emphasize the tentative there — have real bearing on other conservation/species restoration efforts.
Oh, and I suppose you could consider this the most open-minded of open threads. (And I suppose it is too much to ask to keep it more or less clean in the comment thread? Ah, well.)
PS: Here’s a bonus video of rhino courtship:
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