Sumatran Orangutan

worlds rarest mammals, such as the Sumatran tiger and Rhinoceros, and possibly 17% of the worlds bird species.” In addition, an early scientific expedition led individuals to the Komodo dragon, which is the largest living reptile species in the world. Well, you guessed it! You can only find them in Indonesia. These massive lizards, provide some interesting information on the evolution of snakes and reptiles-alike. Similarly, scientific research concerning orangutans, the closest related ape to human

there is such a high demand for the product but people are destroying animals’ habitats in search for sources. In Indonesia and Malaysia, there are multiple species that are critically endangered. For example, orangutans, Sumatran elephants, Bornean pygmy elephants, Sumatran elephants, and Sumatran tigers are all considered critically endangered as of recently. Poaching is also one of the

The world is filled with all kinds of mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. There are over one and a half million species already described and documented and believed that there are even more still undocumented today (“Fact Monster Science” 2014). As much as our amazing world offers us, we humans are taking away as well. It is believed that 99.9% of species are now extinct; many of those that occurred over the last 25,000 years can be attributed to humans (“Foundational Concepts”2014)

Before the observations in the presence of visitors is to be undertaken, a preliminary observation using ad-libitum sampling would be used, to gain an informal/ non-systematic recording of all relevant behaviours to see how the orangutans interact with each other and their environments before the zoo opens. This also has a primary purpose to help the individuals within the enclosure get used to an observer being present. These results can be used to compile an ethogram, which will

human race is trying to rid our earth of the decreasing amount of flora in certain areas. In Indonesia rain forests are being torn apart to make way for palm oil plantations. Although palm oil is used in packages foods and cosmetics, the Sumatrans elephants and orangutan are suffering from the habitats loss. (Corwin, 8) Illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhino horn must be stopped now.

video about an environmental issue and post it on Youtube, to gain awareness and to learn more about this topic, those are my goals. “Palm is one of the largest on going environmental disasters currently.”(Care2) A massive force that is pushing orangutans, a mankind's closest relative, to extinction. A force that is

Did you know that before threats from humans, the rainforests covered almost 15% of the earth? Now rainforests only cover 6% of the earth around the world. I believe we should protect the rainforest because they provide habitats and food for lots of species, their trees help prevent climate change, it helps the inhabitants of the rainforest survive, and it provides natural medicines around the world. As I said, rainforests provide natural medicines, food, and habitats for lots of species. The

Borneo as an island is the third largest island in the world, being just 1% of the world’s territory yet holds approximately 6% of the world’s biodiversity in its tropical rainforests. Borneo is a global ecoregion made up of 2 terrestrial ecoregions; Borneo Lowland rainforests and Borneo Montane rainforests. This environmental impact report is focused on the Borneo Lowland Rainforest. The Borneo lowland rainforest is located in South-East Asia and routes through parts of Indonesia and Malaysia, and

The eight primates, who’s molecular phylogenetics were studied, are: modern human, Neanderthal, chimpanzee, gorilla, Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, bonobo, and gibbon (the outgroup). Using the BLAST tool provided from NCBI, the genomes from each of the species was sequenced using two different molecular markers: mitochondrial 16s ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and at the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region. Each of the following steps were conducted for both the mitochondrial 16s rRNA and mtDNA

Impacts of Deforestation Deforestation is the clearing of wide areas of forests for the purpose of using the land or the resources in the area. Two highly demanding products that are causing deforestation around the world are palm oil and cocoa. However, in the process of growing these products trees are removed from the area in order to be converted into palm and cocoa plantations. As a result, many animal habitats are ruined, and an abundance of trees are cut releasing carbon dioxide into the