Chapter 11 (Jalen Jones)

Chapter 11 begins with Kolbert traveling to the Cincinnati Zoo to meet a Sumatran rhinoceros named Suci and Dr. Roth, the zoo's conservation director. Suci was 1 in 5 of the only sumatran rhinos left. When these rhinos first became endangered, it was believed that exporting them to zoo's would be the only way to save their lives. Unfortunately, they were incorrect. Flies, tetanus, and injuries kept the rhinos from reaching or even surviving in the zoo. That's when the zookeeper's figured that they needed to try something new with the rhinos. Switching their diets was the only way to keep them alive. Once they were kept alive, Roth was able to inseminate a rhino named Emi. That's when Suci was born. That's when Kolbert began to question why such amazing and gigantic animals became extinct. This connects with number 5 of the APES themes. While there are so many factors that correlate with the extinction of species, there is no one cause of extinction. In order to determine why these species go extinct, we have to start big then go small. Starting with this huge rhino might give us some ideas on why smaller animals have a harder time surviving in new or even the same area. Maybe then we would be able to find other "overkillers."