RHINOS & RINOCRACY – RECOVERY

As a recent article about Cornell alumni doing rhinoceros research and conservation begins, “There is the Nobel prize, and then there’s the Ig Nobel Prize.” This thirty-year old satirical prize honors unusual or seemingly trivial scientific achievements that “first make people LAUGH, and then THINK.” The Cornell team was awarded one for devising an improved – albeit inverted – method to relocate rhinos for on-going conservation efforts.

Like the rhinos being humbly transported feet-up through the air, the Chief RINO of Rinocracy.com has recently endured his own somewhat ignoble event and been a bit “upside-down.” In this case, a hip fracture has been surgically repaired but will require several weeks of in-home rehabilitation. We trust that there will be a satisfactory conclusion, but for some period of time, the Chief’s focus will be on recovery. In the interim, as the world won’t stop spinning and, as you try to laugh and think, we will accept your thoughtful (and even non-political) submissions for guest blogs.

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– Heather Parker, CTO