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Nature 447, 908 (21 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/447908c; Published online 20 June 2007

Cincinnati's rhino breeders bring home the bacon

Martin F. Heyworth1

  1. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, and Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

Recent welcome successes in Sumatran Rhino breeding at the zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio (Nature 447, 125; 2007), prompt the idea that Cincinnati's existing colloquial name, 'Porkopolis' (reflecting the city's historic importance in the pig trade), could be replaced by 'Rhinopolis'.

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