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Inability to sweat puts rhinos at risk as global warming worsens

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A rhino is released into the wild at Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia. [File, Standard]

The inability of rhinos to sweat makes them vulnerable to increasing temperatures, and their populations may not survive under predicted climate change scenarios, a new study has revealed.

A study conducted in February 2024 by a team of researchers to establish how temperature rises under climate change scenarios, revealed that rising temperatures will particularly affect rhinos because they naturally do not sweat.

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