A Novel way to curb poaching, injecting radioisotopes into 20 live rhinoceros

Re:A Novel way to curb poaching, injecting radioisotopes int... by williamdclt on Friday June 28, 2024 @11:36AM (#40821743)

I'd guess that most buyers of objects made from rhino horns are more interested in its rhino horn nature than its keratin composition. If keratin became suddenly abundant, I doubt it'd impact the rhino horn market very much

I know nothing of that market though, could be entirely wrong

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Re:A Novel way to curb poaching, injecting radioisotopes int... by __MatrixMan__ on Friday June 28, 2024 @11:56AM (#40821931)

I also know nothing of it, it's just a fun thought. In a previous life I really enjoyed faking parking permits and IDs and transcripts and stuff... it would be pretty fun to return to that but this time be one of the good guys: faking rhino horns for the sake of protecting actual rhinos.

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Re:A Novel way to curb poaching, injecting radioisotopes int... by michael1999 on Friday June 28, 2024 @01:35PM (#40822919)

But good counterfeits would crash the market. It’s already run by crooks. They’d be happy to cheat.

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