Episode 173: Shrinking Rhinos

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that rhino horns have shrunk over the past century, likely due to hunting.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3616/shrinking-rhinos/'>here</a>.              </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10406'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read ‘A Rhinoceros and a Lion’ by Kaoru Maruyama <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=26959'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>