8/29/2003: Rhinocerous Hornbill

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This is a rhinocerous hornbill. I include it here partly because it's wacky. I mean, look at the thing.

But also because it has an interesting story. Turns out there is a problem with the hornbills at the Nanning City Zoo in southern China.

Somehow -- how is not explained -- there have come to be twice as many girl hornbills as guy hornbills at this zoo. Because the species chooses to mate for life, that means half the girl hornbills are going horny, and just can't get any, and have no prospects, and are even considering going back to the bar scene.