This is the world's first test-tube baby rhinoceros born on January 23, 2007, at Hungary's Budapest Zoo. She is born to a 25-year-old Southern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum), named Lulu. The success is an effort of a group of veterinarians from Germany, Austria and Hungary, and marks a break-through in a seven-year research. According to the veterinarians, artificial insemination was necessary, as Lulu failed to conceive naturally; she rather developed a sibling relationship when put with a male rhino, named Easyboy. With the success of the in-vitro fertilisation, researchers now look forward to use the procedure with the Northern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)--the most endangered subspecies whose number is restricted at nine--and help secure their survival.
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