Monday, August 31, 2009
A Big Thank You to EVERYONE(hope for orangutan under tv9)
Thanks to Kamilah & Kak Syarah.
Thanks to Kak Syarah, she has been a great help in supporting our blog, promoting it, giving awesome ideas and spreading the word about Orangutans which need public's immediate attention.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Birth Of a baby Orang Utan.
She is not eating the baby. She is cleaning the baby by licking off the remnants of her placenta. In horses, it has been shown that when we take the foal away from the mother, clean it under a shower and bring it back to her then, the young horse will be more likely to contract diseases later in its life. So this licking procedure seems to be quite an important early experience for many mammals. Watching the mother taking care of the baby touched me by the heart. Got those tears rolling down your face? Me, too.
Helpless Baby Orangutans
See, even Orangutans know it is important to be motherly towards their babies. They don't just leave them after they are born, like some people do. But these era of their extinction has forced many Orangutan mothers to be separated from their babies, and that is even before the babies are ready to live on their own.
Where does a baby orangutan sleep? On his mother, of course.
Who does a baby orangutan hold on to? His mother, of course.
Who does a baby orangutan trust? His mother, of course.
Who shares her food with a baby orangutan? His mother, of course.
Where do baby orangutan get their kisses? From their mothers, of course.
Where does all of this come from when the baby orangutan's mother is taken away?
A Quick Physical Characteristics
Orangutans have unique adaptations to their life in the treetops: | ||
feet designed much like hands for climbing | flexible hips for holding on in any direction | long arms for reaching and long, strong hands and feet |
Unique features of male orangutans compared with females | |
Cheekpads | Large size (adult male in foreground, adult female in background) |
Long, thick hair to make them appear even larger | Throat sac, used to vocalize |
The Orang Utan fight.
STOP THE CHOPPING!
The extinct and endangered lists seem to be growing at an alarming rate. The loss of orang Utans species or other endangered species affects the complex biodiversity of the planet at large. We've cut down their habitat, hunt them down, making them on the verge of extinction. (Not we, its the developers). Now what, you damned fools?
( Wonder how it feels if we are homeless, that's a slap on the face!)
Did you know that if deforestation continues at this rate, in a few years these Orang Utans may seem almost legendary at that time.In order to make way for a growing human population and its demands, we have resorted to chopping down trees and building over forests. The results has been devastating in numerous aspects from increasing global warming and greenhouse effects, to loosing natural resources and these poor species habitats, mainly ORANG UTANS.
What you can do?
- Go paperless! Instead of printing faxing and everything,send emails!After all, we live in a high-technologised country, don't we?).( Remember the movie You've Got mail? =D)
- Go green! Make use of your green fingers. Pick up gardening and plant trees during your leisure time.
- Recycle! Separate all paper products and put them in recycling bins. Also, reuse those items. Less paper, Less cutting down the trees!
Who says one person can't make a difference? ;)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Orang Utan to the rescue!
Aim: To gain extra information involving orangutans from the professionals
: To spread the message to animal lovers at the zoo because they might want to be involved in helping the orangutans
2. Distributing awareness pamphlets
Aim: To make the public realize about the critical crisis orangutan are in
: To let the public know how they too can help these endangered species
: To promote our blog so that public can learn more about orangutans
3. Handing out surveys
Aim: To test how well do the respondents know about orangutans
: To let respondents measure their own knowledge and awareness
Here we enclosed some pictures of our trip to the Zoo Negara.
Feeling gay and excited , we started our survey.
Hope the activities this day could at least change one's perspective of Orang-Utans :)
Lucky Generation
They are well taken care of, have pillows and even wear diapers!
What was it thinking looking at the kind human who bathed it?
They can play ups and downs all they want, with their friends, and safe from harm.
Difference in 3% of DNA doesn't stop them from mingling, huh?
The best yet; they even have the chance to be the best rider!
Lets do our best to ensure there are more Orang-Utans who can enjoy riding bicycles without commercial purposes :)
Sticking together.
"let me teach you how to shape those cutlery, and it will be easy for you when i'm gone"
"mom, are we safe now?"
"don't bother about the world honey, just hear my lullaby and drift in your dreams"
"don't ever let me go, please?"
"Thank God there's someone who saved us, even though we are in a zoo baby, we still have a place to live in. Don't think too much, keep looking at the visitors, and ignore the ones who jeer at you or mock you, okay?"
How can YOU help?
1. Buy certified woods and forestry products.
When it comes to timber shopping, that includes from furniture to even toilet papers, make sure there is a timber certification label. If not, u might be the reason to Orang-Utans’ deaths! It is clearly because the woods may come from illegal logging. The destroying of forests without legal license not only resulted in Orang-Utans’ deaths, but other plants and animals, too! Imagine how much damage you can cause if you buy timber products blindly. Plus, you can also ask the supplier or the seller about the sources of the woods. A curious question can lead to a chain of events, you ask the supplier, the supplier checks, the police investigates and the case is settled.
2. Reading product labels and asking the supermarket.
If you come across any ‘palm’ word while shopping, make sure the product’s company is RSPO certified. RSPO stands for The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, an association that promotes the growth and use of sustainable palm oil, which offers 100% guarantee that the palm oil comes from the right sources. If the product is not RSPO certified, you are responsible to talk about the matter to the supermarket.
3. Boycott any product that contains palm oil in their ingredients
This action is much more drastic than the option above, but if you are ready, then we applaud your commitment! It is even better. Boycotting such products keeps money from the palm oil industry, helping to slow its takeover and destruction of rain forests.
The products from palm oil;
* Crisps, margarine, cookies, chips.
* Candies, bread.
* Lipstick, soap, detergent.
* Others.
4. Contact your supermarket about discontinuing the sales of items made with palm oil.
This can be difficult to accomplish, but it's worth a try. Most people unknowingly support the palm oil industry when they buy these products because there are so many of them. Even if you do know about the matter and have tried two options above but failed to say no to the margarine and are torn apart, this is absolutely the answer to your dilemma. Removing the products completely could make a significant impact on the industry.
4. Donate money to organizations.
If you look up on the internet, there are numerous organizations which depend on your generosity to help them save Orang-Utans in many different ways. They are helpful people all over the world, from
5. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (3R).
Girls, do not shop too much! You can either buy long-lasting products to reduce consumption, or don’t buy any product that effect our environment at all, but it’s impossible right? Don’t forget to send E-cards instead of paper cards and borrow books from library instead of buying one. The next best choice is reusing stuffs, because it does not need any process. Consider repairing, donating or selling them before you throw them away. And recycle, the easiest mean of conserving and preserving. Stack up your old newspapers and magazines, ketchup bottles and beverage tins and other biodegradable materials to the nearest recycling bin or center.
6. Don't waste electricity.
Turn off electrical items when you are not using them. Unplug your phone or battery charger when you are not using them and don't leave your TV on stand-by mode as this still uses half the amount of energy as when it's switched on. We hope ASTRO takes this as a serious matter.
7. SPREAD THESE MESSAGES, FRIENDS!
This may not meet success if most of people are still unaware of how to help and of the consequences if they continue doing the forbidden acts. Wake them up!
Seriously, these ways are not burdening us at all. They may look simple, but if we can unite and practice the simple means together, we can make a big difference. It doesn’t cost you a thing to try, does it? Lend them the branches.
Why do we have to bother saving them?
Orang-utans are said to be our closest relative in the animal world, according to Darwin's infamous theory of Evolution. If you are one of the believers, then there. The perfect reason for you to start being concern about Orang-Utans as they are your left-overs ancestors who haven't go through Evolution yet. But if you don't believe in Darwin's theory, Orang-Utans are still the animal which have the most resemblance to us, speaking of the fact that they own 97% of OUR DNA. start thinking it is only 3% left that differentiate them from our kind. Orang-Utans have unique personalities and they display some of human behaviors. It makes them a whole lot special than other animals if you ask me.
Besides that, Orang-Utans are great apes and the largest arboreal animal there is. Orang -Utans also help to balance the ecosystem they live in, as unlike human, Orang-Utans do eat fruit seeds and will disperse them. This means they help in preserving the forests for their own good. See, God has made all His creatures with a specific function so that their living on this earth will bring some good, but unfortunately Orang-Utans' function has becoming less fruitful, as there are people destroying their natural habitat. Tell us now, do you think God created you so that you can ruin the world?
look at the newborn. did he think he was having his milk?
loving relationship, and they are barely human to feel that.
Did you know that Orang-Utan mothers can only give birth to 3-4 babies in their whole life? Did i mention the fact that a female Orang-Utans can only get pregnant once in 8-10 years? Notice the long time span between births? Orang-Utans are slow-reproducing animals, you wont see them lying everywhere on the streets with new babies like cats. This makes them vulnerable to population loss, and they take decades or even centuries to be replaced! With the factors of their extinction are becoming more frequent and common nowadays, Orang-Utans are facing greater risk of dying as we speak!
If Orang-Utans disappear, it also means the disappearance of other wildlife as well. Why? Obviously because they share the same destroyed forest as their home. Only the loss of other floras and faunas do not shock us much as maybe there are still lots of them in other forest-which would be destroyed, too, later. And probably because they do not give us many significant meanings like Orang-Utans do. If we keep ignoring this issue, the number of endangered species would increase drastically in a short while, and at that time, there's not much we can do about it. Just like how the extinction of Orang-Utans are already beyond our power now.
Oh and, when all the forests and floras are near to extinction, all of us are the ones who will face serious problems in the end. It will get back to us, friends.
And its just a common sense for you to think that, they are God's creatures and they own this world fairly as we do. Being violent to an animal brings the same meaning as to being violent to another human. When Orang-Utans are extinct someday, don't dream of seeing their lovely faces again. Orang-Utans are not renewable people, Orang-Utans are not just some rock you can kick at and you can throw in the sea. Once they are gone, they are gone, just like us.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Online Campaign and Promotion
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