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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Sam.
In this program, we'll be hearing a new story linked to the nature of us this nurture debate, not concerning a human, but so rhinoceros.
The extremely rare northern white rhino of East Africa was on the brink of extinction when the second to last living male, Sunny, died in 2014, leaving behind two females,
Najin and Fatu, the last living creatures of their species.
Conservationists started an artificial breeding program,
using eggs from the females and sperm from Sunny to produce an embryo,
an unborn animal in the very early stages of development.
Recently, there's been a new development in the story, but before we hear more,
it's time for my quiz question.
The name rhinoceros comes from the ancient Greek,
but what exactly does it mean?
Is it A, thick skin, B, horned nose, or C, small eye?
Ooh, that's a tricky one because rhinos have all three.
Okay, I'll guess A, thick skin.
Okay, Sam will find out later.
Now let's get back to the story of those precious northern rhino embryos.