Rhinos: scientists are hanging them upside-down from helicopters – here’s why
Monday 6th December 2021Rhinos: scientists are hanging them upside-down from helicopters – here’s why
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White rhino
A recent study that suspended rhinos upside-down by their ankles from a helicopter must have been a shoe-in for the award’s judges, securing the 2021 Ig Nobel Transportation Prize. But while hanging rhinos produce spectacularly absurd photographs, behind the award and the study lies a serious business.