Rhinos Now Come with Invisible Ink, Thanks Scientists
In a move that sounds like it leapt straight out of a James Bond villain’s tech manual, a South African university is injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. The campaign claims these isotopes are 'harmless for the animals' but make the horns detectable by customs agents, basically turning rhinos into wildlife spies. It’s like RFID chips met National Geographic in a lab and decided to prank poachers. Because nothing says 'don’t steal me' quite like glowing in customs scanners.
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When rhino horns get more security tech than your phone, you know poachers just got outplayed by Mother Nature’s version of ‘Find My Horn.’
Rhino horns with radioactive tags: because poachers didn’t get the memo that rhinos aren’t TSA-friendly luggage.
South Africa just made rhino horns harder to steal than your WiFi password. Sorry poachers, the game’s glitching.
Source: Feeds | Published: 8/1/2025 | Author: The Associated Press
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