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 * Group Members: Cooper Ward Peter Shoemaker**


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 * Research:**

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Endangered Species Research and Source Document

//**Sources: Be sure to include pictures, videos, books, databases, and online sites**// 1. Orangutans Wizards of the rainforest- Anne E. Russon 2. Britannica Online http:/school.eb.com/all 3. http://www.prime-apes.org/html 4. http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/

Questions:

//**1.Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?**//

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?) Borneo and Sumatra (No large migration pattern)

//**I**//**//nclude all subspecies or varieties of your animal.//** 1. Pongo pygmaeus abelii-Sumatra 2. Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus-Borneo

//**Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal 1. Orange fur**// 2. Leathery faces 3. Long arms 4. Black faces 5. Omnivores 6. Slow 7. Mild Mannered 8. Intelligent 9. Lazy 10. Meticulous


 * //2.Where and why is your animal endangered?//**

//**Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats)**// Borneo and Sumatra

//**Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered**// Habitat being destroyed, pollution, predation, (people eat orangutan meat)

//**Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment**// At the end of the 20th century, there were estimated to be 30,000 orangutans in the world. 80% of the orangutan habitat has since been destroyed.

//**3.Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?**//

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held. One conservation location is the Tangung Puting National Park. Another is Zoo Atlanta. One more is The Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation.

//**4****.What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?**//

Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) Research is being done on orangutans at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa. A conservation site is the Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation in Central Florida.

//**Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation**// Animal Defenders International Australian Orangutan Project (AOP) Care for the Wild International Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK (BOS UK)

//**Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population**// Several research centers are breeding orangutans for life in the wild, while protecting them from poachers. They are slowly combating the dropping orangutan population. Some websites are trying to raise support for anti-animal testing laws, as well as other things. (Insert evil laugh here)

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