Sentences with phrase «wild orangutans»

Relegated to ever smaller fragments of forest, wild orangutans began to face starvation as their food sources were depleted, forcing them to venture into newly established oil palm plantations where they feed on the young shoots of palms, destroying the tree before it produces any oil seeds.

Users will find informative island summaries of sun - kissed Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Papua, Nusa Tenggara, Java and Kalimantan, the latter being home to the largest concentration of wild orangutans on the planet.

• 3 days and 2 nights at Sepilok and Sukau Sepilok is where the Orangutan rehabilitation centre is found and staying at the Sepilok Nature Resort you will tour the centre and watch the semi wild orangutans coming in from the open jungle to be fed.

We spent four amazing days with the awesome gang over at Sumatra Paradise where we hiked through the jungle as we came across wild Orangutans, Thomas leaf monkeys, and gibbons.

One of my favorites is the tour to Camp Leaky to see the wild orangutans.

Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas has enjoyed one wild career, her life's mission is studying wild orangutans.

(See pictures of wild orangutans in National Geographic magazine.)

The genomes of thirty - seven wild orangutans have been studied at the CNAG - CRG.

This genomic data has been generated at the CNAG - CRG and it is considered as the most comprehensive study of the genome of wild orangutans carried out so far.

Cyclical nursing patterns in wild orangutans.

Five wild orangutans in Borneo — nicknamed Sam, Henk, Rambo, Kondor, and Sultan — have learned to create a new kind of distress signal, using leaves to lower the pitch of their common warning call, known as a kiss - squeak.

However, given that 78 % of wild orangutans live outside of protected areas, it is critical that all of Borneo's remaining forests are either protected or sustainably managed.

«This is quite unexpected, as in wild orangutans males and females have never been reported to form coalitions before,» says Marzec.

EXTRACTED FROM 100 % PURE COCONUT OIL: Brain Octane is carefully extracted from 100 % pure coconut oil, not palm oil, to protect wild orangutan habitat in Southeast Asia.

I was doing my damnedest to help save the lives of the wild orangutan living in the peat forests of Borneo when I caught wind of another man doing the same in Sumatra, for the tiger.

Not exact matches

This large - scale deforestation is pushing many species to extinction, and findings show that if nothing changes species like the orangutan could become extinct in the wild within the next 5 - 10 years, and Sumatran tigers less than 3 years.»

The research team compared these sounds against the largest available database of orangutan calls collected from over 12,000 hours of observations of more than 120 orangutans from 15 wild and captive populations.

Many orangutans, forced from their forest homes, have been taken to rehabilitation centers and are now scheduled to be reintroduced into the wild.

Poached ivory fetches at least $ 165 million a year in Asia while our closest living relatives — great apes like chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans — are being kidnapped from the wild and sold to private collectors.

Fragaszy cautions that Gruber cites only one study that discusses orangutans developing stick skills in the wild — and she says that work isn't conclusive about when orangutans begin experimenting.

«Cocktail» orangutans leave researchers shaken and stirred: Reintroduction of genetically distinct subspecies has led to hybridization in an endangered wild population.»

To confirm this uniqueness the Batang Toru orangutans» genome was studied, as well as those of thirty - six other wild individuals.

We support frontline conservation programmes and tirelessly campaign on issues threatening the survival of orangutans in the wild.

Future studies, including data from larger sample sizes of wild - born and geographically well - defined individuals, and full Y - chromosome sequences from bonobos, gorillas and orangutans, promise to further our understanding of population histories, male - biased behaviours, mutation processes, and the functions of Y - chromosomal genes.

(In case viewers aren't moved enough by this grievous episode, Amiel includes a wrenching subplot of an orangutan taken from the wild and confined in a European zoo.)

Born to Be Wild, through the narration of Morgan Freeman, focuses on baby elephants and orangutans who are protected from birth and raised in captivity until they can safely be released back into the wWild, through the narration of Morgan Freeman, focuses on baby elephants and orangutans who are protected from birth and raised in captivity until they can safely be released back into the wildwild.

In the wild, orangutans spend most of their lives aloft, maneuvering with pendulous grace, as they pursue mainly solitary lives, except during childrearing.

Not only is Galdikas — one of the «trimates,» along with Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall — a brilliant and persevering scientist who devoted many years to studying orangutans, she is also a wonderfully engaging and generous writer able to convey all the frustration and excitement of working in the wild.

By rescuing individual animals belonging to species like the orangutan and reintroducing them into protected areas in the wild, our work also plays a role in the conservation of the species as a whole.

She has also visited Rwanda, Uganda and Borneo where she fulfilled her childhood dream of trekking with mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans in the wild.

The Denver Zoo also calls upon Dr. Emily to perform repairs on the beak on hornbills and toucans, as well as caring for kangaroos, wild dogs, polar bears, grizzlies and orangutans, to name but a few of the many species.

St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary: September 2012: 64 - 65 Houston Zoo, Saving the Orangutan: October 2012: 64 - 65 Saving the Lions: November 2012: 62 - 64 Saving Lives in Central America: December 2012: 60 - 61 Saving Sea Turtles: Jan / Feb 2013: 62 - 63 Saving the Borneo Elephants: March 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation Corner: April 2013: 64 - 65 Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: May 2013: 62 - 63 Conservation Corner: June 2013: 64 - 65 Protecting the Ethiopian Wolves: July 2013: 66 - 67 Saving Rhinos from Extinction: August 2013: 62 - 63 Saving Animals from Extinction: September 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation of the African Painted Dog: October 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation of Chimpanzees: November 2013: 64 - 65 Conserving Attwater's Prairie Chickens: December 2013: 64 - 65 Traveling to See Animals in the Wild with the Houston Zoo: Jan / Feb 2014: 64 - 65 Blue Billed Curassow Conservation: March 2014: 62 - 63 Houston Toad Conservation: May 2014: 60 - 61 Lion Conservation: June 2014: 58 - 61 Giant Armadillo Conservation Project in Brazil: July 2014: 58 - 59 Conserving the Gorillas: August 2014: 58 - 59

We visited Tanjung Puting National Park to catch a rare glimpse of orangutans in the wild.

Bukit Lawang was once used as an orangutan conservation area and orangutans which had previously lived in captivity were released into the wild here.

While you can easily do a day hike to see the Orangutans that live close to the entrance of the National Park, consider going on a full jungle expedition where you can interact with these animals naturally in the wild.

However, aside from the Orangutans, there are almost seven other species of primates and wild animals including elephants, rhinos, tigers, and even leopards.

I've had wild adventures with Orangutans, explored remote villages in Wakatobi, and gone surfing in Bali.

Sukau is deep in the jungle where you will stay at the Sukau Rainforest Lodge, and on the river cruises you might spot orangutans in the wild as well as lots of proboscis monkeys, macaques, hornbills, crocodiles, snakes and even pygmy elephants!

Whether you want to explore or hike active volcanos, get wet and wild in the jungle, cuddle baby orangutans at the Bali Safari Park, Bali has lots of day trips for you and the family!

The best place to see orangutans in the wild is Tanjung Puting National Park on the island of Borneo.

Michael Roberts» charming text and hand - drawn illustrations tell the story of GingerNutz, an orangutan born in the wilds of Borneo who dreams of making it big in the fashion world.

This special school prepares orangutans recovered from the illegal pet trade to be reintroduced into the wild.

Attending NGOs agreed that they would need to work with industry to find a balance that would allow the ongoing survival of orangutans in the wild.

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