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Coin-sized electronic implants for orangutans
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 2 days ago
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Tags: electronic implants, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, FAQ, Apes, Animal intelligence, Orangutan, Technology Internet
Transmitters to track orang utan returned to the wild
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | 4 days ago
Credibility Sabah Wildlife Department marked a new milestone with its orang utan rehabilitation as it became the first in the world to use transmitter implants to monitor progress of reintroduced primates. The transmitter, the size of a 50 sen coin, was developed...
Tags: orang utan, Sabah Wildlife Department, Laurentius Ambu, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Orangutan, Sabah
$25,000 vandalism reported to MidAmerican transformer
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility A small hole was punched in the bottom of an oil cooling container on a transformer in the 4600 block of Merle Hay Road in Des Moines last night, causing some 200 gallons of oil to drain out and blow the transformer. A representative of MidAmerican Energy...
Tags: Des Moines, Iowa, ape trust, Orangutan, Bonobo, Hominidae, Indianapolis Zoo, Zoo, Apes, Great Ape Trust, Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines Iowa, Human Interest
Ten animals on the verge of extinction
There are many animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. Live Science has issued a list of the 10 Species You Can Kiss Goodbye. The list, in reverse order, includes:California Condor 10. California Condor This bird is one of the longest living...
Tags: animals, Rhinoceroses, Pakistan, Environment, Lahore, Wolf There, Black, Can, Red, Live, Environmental issues, Orangutan, Tiger, California Condor, Sumatran Orangutan, Apes, green, EDGE Species
Stop aping around!
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 9 days ago
Credibility Activists hold up a banner and wear orangutan costumes during a demonstration calling for the protection of orangutans from habitat loss due to the clearing of land for palm oil plantations in Jakarta, on Tuesday. Orangutan populations in Kalimantan and...
Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, Lone Drￃﾶscher Nielsen, Borneo Orangutan Survival, Apes, Animal intelligence, Orangutan, Environment
Conservationists do 'deal with the devil' to save orang-utans
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | 11 days ago
Credibility Wildlife campaigners have made "a deal with the devil" in a bid to save the orang-utan from being driven into extinction. They have teamed up with the palm-oil industry, widely condemned by conservationists for causing devastation to orang-utans. But...
Tags: oil industry, Borneo, Sabah, utan living, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Palm oil, Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Animal intelligence, Apes, Orangutan, Environment
Sarawak agency starts orangutan adoption scheme
Kuching :: Malaysia | 12 days ago
Credibility The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) has introduced an orangutan adoption programme to raise funds and awareness of its conservation and rehabilitation work. Launching the programme at SFC’s annual dinner on Friday, Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib...
Tags: Malaysia, Kuching, Cooperatives, Abdul Taib Mahmud, Social Issues, Sebuyau, Apes, Orangutan, Environment
Project in Borneo will be first to release tame apes into natural habitat
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility Funded by donations from abroad, she's given the apes food, shelter and better health care than many humans in these parts ever get. Now, the 46-year-old Dane is preparing for a more difficult -- and controversial -- task: returning for the first time...
Tags: Lone Droscher-Nielsen, Borneo, Bahasa Indonesian, United Kingdom, London, Primate, Orangutan Island, Lone Drￃﾶscher Nielsen, Apes, Animal intelligence, Orangutan, Environment
Clock ticking for orangutans
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 13 days ago
Credibility A sibling drama is playing out in the replicated rain forest treetops of Brookfield Zoo 's Tropic World exhibit: Denda, a 7-year-old orangutan, is snacking on a clump of alfalfa, and his toddler sister, Kekasih, wants what he's having. But she has to...
Tags: palm oil, Nava Greenblatt, rain forest, Richard Zimmerman, Denda, Kekasih, Brookfield Zoo, Indonesia, Jakarta, Orangutans in popular culture, Environment, Apes, Orangutan, Hominidae
Can You Get The Job You Want?
Paul Potts was an unassuming mobile phone salesman who had a dream -- to be an opera singer. The judges of Britain’s Got Talent looked visibly skeptical and unimpressed when he went onstage. What nobody knew was: he has a one-in-a-million golden...
Tags: richard attenborough, gandhi, birute galdikas, louis leakey, dian fossey, Jane Goodall, orangutan, paul potts, britains got talent, opera, rico hizon, bbc news, singapore, borneo, what color is your parachute, job hunting, jobs, employment, richard nelson bolles, Ben Kingsley, mountbatten, academy awards
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