Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Sumatran rhino on video

Kota Kinabalu: A video camera trap placed inside the forest somewhere in Sabah has captured rare footage of the elusive Sumatran rhinoceros.

The two-minute video - showing the animal eating, walking to the camera and sniffing the equipment - is the first footage of behaviour in the wild of one of the world's rarest rhinos.

Scientists estimate there are only between 25 and 50 rhinos left on the island of Borneo, according to WWF-Malaysia and the State Wildlife Department here Monday.

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