SLIDE 19
(Nancy Pratt)

Now, in order to get those little guys through that little hole it requires all these people plus more, because not everyone was there for the picture. And Marie and Ed are in the back with Shanthi. Now I want to tell you that this project not only is it incredible because we did AI in an elephant, but it was incredible because of the collaborative nature of the project. Not only did we have Thomas and his colleague Frank Goritz from Germany and then also Dennis Schmitt from Missouri. So it was international and interstate, but also, within the National Zoo people from all different areas helped out and really came together for this project: veterinarians, pathologists, keepers, curators, volunteers, educators, it really was a very collaborative project and I think unusual because of that. But the most important player in this picture, of course, is this bucket here, which is the sample from Onyx. This is called an equitainer, it's what they usually ship horse semen in. It keeps the semen cool at a constant temperature. This is all the equipment, well most of the equipment that was necessary for this procedure. And I'd like to point out that you're looking at over $100,000 worth of equipment. At this point in time that's what this kind of a project costs.