An organisation in Assam is contributing to conservation efforts to protect the one-horned rhino by engaging communities in making paper using rhino dung. {Every week, Eco India brings you stories of innovations from across India and Europe, and the people who make them possible. You can watch the full episodes on https://scroll.in/topic/56120/eco-india} | Scroll

This isn’t the most pleasant video for us humans to look at, but it is common for rhino calves to eat dung – as Bula demonstrates here. Because baby rhinos do not have the bacteria they need to digest the grass they will be feeding on in their adult lives, they feed off their mother’s dung, which contains the bacteria needed to help them develop a strong digestive system. In this case, Bula has found what is most likely Esmé’s dung to feed off. Eating dung is known as coprophagia and is common i