Do you want to give a piece of rhino¹ poop to that special one as a gift for this Christmas?
 
Stumped about what to give that special someone this Christmas? How about some rhino poop? The International Rhino Foundation is auctioning³ on eBay four pieces of dung from the endangered species and will use the proceeds to fund conservation efforts.

The pieces come from four of the five types of rhino: white, black, Indian and Sumatran. The Javan rhino is so rare that a sample could not be collected.

Each piece is dried, mounted in a clear trophy⁴ case and marked with the type of rhino that produced it.

The auction² ends Sunday and as of Thursday afternoon bidding had been light, with the top bid for Sumatran rhino poop standing⁵ at $500. Black rhino poop was standing at $255, Indian was at $250 and white was at $122.50.

The foundation, which is based at the White Oak Conservation Center, says only about 17,500 rhinos⁶ remain in the wild with another 1,200 living in captivity⁷.

正在为圣诞节送什么礼物给你的那个他（她）而发愁？来点犀牛粪如何？国际犀牛基金会目前正在eBay上拍卖四块犀牛粪，拍卖所得将用于保护这一濒危物种。

这四块粪便产自四种不同的犀牛，分别是白犀牛、黑犀牛、印度犀牛和苏门答腊犀牛。由于爪哇犀牛十分稀有，因此未能收集到这种犀牛的粪便样本。

这四块干犀牛粪被放在透明的陈列柜中，每块粪便还注明来自哪种犀牛。

该拍卖活动将于本周日结束。截至本周四下午，竞拍价尚未达到理想水平，苏门答腊犀牛粪的当前拍价最高，达到500美元；黑犀牛粪为255美元，印度犀牛粪和白犀牛粪分别为250美元和122.5美元。

据位于（佛罗里达）白橡树保护中心的国际犀牛基金会介绍，目前全球仅存1.75万只野犀牛及1200只笼养犀牛。

Vocabulary:

tropy case:陈列柜