A research study aimed at observing the effects of placing rhinoceroses in an upside-down position has won an Ig Nobel Prize.
The researchers established that the rhinos did better in an upside-down position than when they were lying chest down or on their side.A research study aimed at observing the effects of placing rhinoceroses in an upside-down position has won an Ig Nobel prize.
The 12 rhinos were in an upside-down position for 10 minutes and though this practice has been done before in African conservation work, it was mainly to move rhinos between areas of fragmented habitat.
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