All Posts Tagged With: "Male Orangutan"

Thailand zoo welcomes baby orangutan

(NECN: Thailand) – Songkhla Zoo in southern Thailand displayed a newborn male orangutan for the first time on Wednesday. The baby orangutan was born to parents, Toto and Nancy, the zoo’s most favorite pair of orangutan. Since its birth about a month ago, zookeepers have nurtured the cub with special care. Songkhla Zoo had previously [...]

3Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Palm oil frenzy threatens to wipe out orangutans

By ROBIN MCDOWELL TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia (AP) — Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study our closest relatives: It was chimpanzees for Jane Goodall, mountain gorillas for Dian Fossey and the elusive, solitary orangutans for Birute Mary Galdikas. Nearly [...]

18Jan2009 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued

While you sleep in, lemurs steal and a cheetah charges

By MARY FLOOD Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Elephants swayed in anticipation of breakfast. Sifaka lemurs made marionette-like jumps to sneak up to steal a tortoise’s food. A spectacled bear smashed chunks of ice on the rocks to get at the breakfast hidden inside. The morning mist had not yet risen Saturday, when Houston Zoo members [...]

2Nov2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued