A Big Thank You to EVERYONE(hope for orangutan under tv9)

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE READ OUR PROMOTION WHEN MOST OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE A LOOK AT IT, WHO HAVE CLICKED THE LINK OF OUR BLOG WHEN MOST OF PEOPLE JUST LEFT IT, WHO HAVE READ OUR BLOG AND RESPONDED NICELY, WHO HAVE URGE ON WHAT TO DO TO HELP, WHO HAVE SUPPORT US IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE MESSAGE WE ARE TRYING TO DELIVER TO THE WORLD.

Thanks to all of you, and make sure you keep on supporting orangutans, whether via the internet, practical means or any other ways. Don't ever stop, and thank you again.

Orangutans thank you, too :)

Helpless Baby Orangutans

The Orangutans have the longest childhood dependence on their mother than any other animals because there is so much for them to learn in order to survive. Their mother will teach them on how to make tools to find food, what to use as cutlery to eat, and so much more. The young females stay close to their mother until they reach their teens, unlike the males who prefer to leave and lead a solitary life after they've turned give-and-take 8 years old. The females need to learn from their mother about mothering skills when their mother are attending to their younger siblings.

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

Orang Utan to the rescue!

1. Visiting the Zoo Negara
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

[ALERT FOR THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF YOURS: Amalina wasn't here today, oh and that is me. I thought we were going on another mission after this visit so I waited at my house fully attired, but suddenly the plan somehow was never carried on :'( so that's why my face wasn't in the picture of their activities. ok enough. and we prepared this 'report'. ]

okay, the English was bad, we agree. But hey,let's just focus on what she's trying to say here, :D

Hello peeps. Feeling tired fasting all day long? We were, too, but we went to the zoo negara today! With one mission and hope. None other than for the sake of our beloved endangered species, Orang-Utans. It seemed like Zoo Negara were running out of visitors, eh? Perhaps they were being absorbed with their handphones, doing business, busy at the office with their so called million dollars project. Development project , I guess. One minute counts, one minute can make you money, never mind the one minute of a baby Orang Utan with his mother, fearing that that may be the last moment he's going to see his mother ever again. Can you feel the sadness and sorrow for a baby to lost his mother? To survive on its own?

Here we enclosed some pictures of our trip to the Zoo Negara.



Feeling gay and excited , we started our survey.

Lucky number one

Wanna touch?

He is one of the workers there. He's in charge in collecting donations for the Zoo to build an elephant cage. We were so lucky to meet him! We only asked him to fill in the survey forms. Too good to be true, instead of just filling in the forms , he arranged a meeting for us with the zoo supervisor! A supervisor who expertise in Orang Utans, of course. Thank you, bro!

We met Encik Ishak Bakar. He gave us some info about orang utan and for additional information, we were asked to go to the Zoo educational department. We have to walk, again. Arriving at the yellow-painted building, we climbed up the stairs and met with the person in charged there. We met this lovely sis who guided us. But firstly, we have to run through the procedures for us students to make research there. Normal procedures, nothing much. We filled in the research forms and gave one copy of our survey forms. We were required to send reports for the results of our research. We were glad to!

The aim of our survey was to find out on how aware the public are about Orang Utans. Much to our surprise, Only 25% of them got it right! Little did they know what kind of crisis those cute little creatures were facing. Sad indeed for those who failed to have a love for this poor creatures. But not to forget, thank you for your time and most of all, thank you for supporting us!

Lastly, we distribute some pamphlets to the zoo visitors. Hope it works!

Hope the activities this day could at least change one's perspective of Orang-Utans :)

Lucky Generation

The Orang-Utans below are fortunate enough to be rescued, unlike others who faced grave danger. Lets hope there will be more Orang-Utans which will belong to the safer group, aye?



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.

During harsh times like this, it can bring people together. and Orang-Utans, too.



"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?"

Examples of unfortunate Orang-Utans

How do you feel seeing them being chained like this? nothing?
how do you feel YOU being chained?



Kept in the paper bag like this, to rescue or to sell, God knows.



This baby Orang-Utan was found dead in the box, just one of the many Orang-Utans which faced the same fate.


Oh God.

Why do we have to bother saving them?

Let us tell you why.

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!

Orang-Utans in Borneo

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.

look at those sad faces, tsk tsk.

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.

Online Campaign and Promotion

Here is our promotion via the internet. We spread the word to people through famous webs such as Myspace, Blospot, Friendster and others. We also attach the banner to the promotion, with hope it will attract people to visit this blog, and thus exposing them to the facts and truths of Orang-Utans. Now it all depends on the public.

Via Facebook.com;

Via Twitter.com;

Via Blogspot.com;








Via Myspace.com;




Via Friendster.com




Via Youtube.com ;




Via Yahoo Messenger;




Via Crunchyroll.com;



We have done our part, what about you?