Sumatran Rhino's Third Birth Sets Record

May 1, 2007 Sumatran Rhino's Third Birth Sets Record (AP)

Emi, a Sumatran rhino, eats bananas as her newborn baby boy stays close by at the Cincinnati Zoo Monday April 30, 2007. The baby, born late Sunday night, is the third young to be born in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

(AP) -- A Sumatran rhino has given birth to a record-setting third calf, again raising hopes among conservationists that the critically endangered species could be on the road to recovery.

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