Rhino Conservation Kid: Conservation & The Pink Out

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Rhinoceroses are important to many ecosystems. There are 5 types of Rhinoceroses, the Black Rhino, the White Rhino, the Sumatran Rhino, the Indian Rhino, and the Javan Rhino. Another word for Rhinoceros is Rhino. The Black Rhino and the White Rhino are African and the Sumatran Rhino, the Indian Rhino, and the Javan Rhino are Asian. The Black Rhino, the White Rhino, and the Sumatran Rhino have 2 horns and the Indian Rhino and the Javan Rhino have 1 horn. The horns are made of a calcium named Keratin. Human hair and nails are made of Keratin too. Some people believe that a rhino's horn can be used to make medicine, but the medicine doesn't work at all. Taking a rhino's horn off is one of the reasons why there aren't that many rhinos left. When a rhino's horn is chopped off the rhino dies. Conservationists are trying different ways to help prevent from the horn being chopped off. One way Conservationists help with the horns is that the Conservationists try to spray a pink chemical on the horns so the poachers don't want to chop off the rhino's horn.