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 * Where in Indonesia these animals were they found? - Billy **

The orangutan is a type of large Ape that lives in the ancient forests of southeast Asia. These Orang-utans are mainly found in the tropical rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. These apes mostly live in tall trees; they are aboral and move around by swinging from branch to branch; the orangutans environment has dense forest tree tops that they have ability to move through. They are usually found in tropical rain forests as they like the humidity; it is humid because of the mist of rainfall with the sun.


 * Where in Indonesia are these animals found today? - Billy **

Although we would like to think that these amazing animals are still living in these lush forests, the reality is __they're not__. These poor animals are basically being kicked out of their natural habitat and being forced to move into the city and having to face threats like humans, lack of food, food poisoning, traffic or just being annoyed an irritated by the tourist. Some of the locals are even capturing the orangutans; usually the babies and injecting drugs to them so they can sell them for money on the black market or take use them to show tourists for money. In Indonesia and other 3rd world countries they have orangutan shows where tourists can pay money to see the orangutans; the sad thing about is that these poor orangutans are being captured and trained hard, they are not being treated with respect and are being forced to do things like ride a bike or use a hoola hoop.

Orangutans are facing many problems such us deforestation which is the cutting down of trees in their habitat, this forces the orangutans to leave their homes and go into the city to find shelter, this is clearly not only a problem of the poor orangutan but it is also a problem for us as humans because we can usually become frightened and violent when we see animals in the city. As you know the orangutan is found in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia; these rainforests are currently being felled for palm oil at an overwhelming rate! Although there are some of these rainforest still left they have all been degraded due to the recent drought. These Orangutans are currently in the Endangered category but it is predicted that if something isn't done about these problems, the Orangutan will be extinct within the next 10 years
 * What are some of the problems being faced by both animals and people in these a ****reas?- Billy **

** Wiki Task Vocabulary List. - Harry **


 * Hutan- ** forest/jungle
 * Penduduk- ** population/inhabitants
 * Indah- ** beautiful
 * Kelaparan- ** starving/famished
 * Meninggal- ** to die
 * Memelihar- ** to take care of
 * Terdapat- ** is found
 * Sungai- ** river
 * Daun- ** leaf
 * Alam- ** nature


 * Helpful Sentences **

- ** Binatang ini terancam punuh **
 * – ** This animal if facing extinction.


 * Kita harus memelihara lingkungan kita **
 * - ** We must care for theenvironment

- ** Terlalu sampah mengalir di sungai-sungai **
 * - ** Too much rubbish flows in the rivers.

- ** Binatang ini hidup di hutan dan kebun binatang. orang-orang mau hutan ini menanami padi, poton ‘palm’ membangunkan Rumah-rumah **
 * - ** These animals live in the forest and the zoo. People want the forest to plant rice fields, palm tree and build houses.


 * CHIPP - Harry **
 * C- Climate Change - ** Climate change is a significant issue in todays society in todays society and scientests fear that we as humans will soon be drastically affected by it. Although humans only tend to think about themselves animals are also being affected by this event and the changes in weather are starting to wipe out max numbers of all different types of animals, one of these animals is the orangutan their habitat is changing climates daily and tehy are finding it hard to manage.
 * H- Habitat Loss - ** Habitat loss is best described as 'taking their home away'. Habitat Loss is effecting numerous animals in all different ways, Habitat loss is one of the main threats to orangutans and the bad thing is that we as humans are doing it. The orangutans environment is being cleared for forestation just so we can either build things on the land or take the precious resources like palm oil.
 * I- Introduced Species- **This issue is something that has long term effects on the environment. Introduced species are generally brought in from another country to kill of another local species. But this can go very wrong. Most introduced species breed a lot, causing them to take over from many local animals and actually cause the endangerment or extinction of local species directly. A good example of this sort of thing is the cane toad, which was introduced in Australia to kill off vermin in Queensland, but ended up taking over local habitats and destroyed them.
 * P- Pollution- ** Pollution is a major human made problem for animals. It affects their health, making the air full of poisonous fumes. It also leads to many diseases for them. Many types of pollution affects animals, for example littering, noise pollution, air pollution and water pollution.
 * P- Poaching **

As you probably have noticed all of these points above are caused by one thing, us as humans! These animals are being faced with problems everyday and it isn't even their fault, these animals have been living in a natural and peaceful environment for years but as soon as we cam through and started doing things like climate change, taking their habitats, Introducing new spieces, Polluting the animals and our ares and Poaching these animals. There are numerous research centres and environment aids centres around the world, but even with these resources the problems still occur; it is clear that if something isn't done about these problems quickly than soon enough these precious animals and resources will be gone! - Billy

__ Tayla and Jenna __

Q-4

The animal’s requirements for food and shelter

1- Orangutans diet it made up of 90 percent fruit, their favourite fruit is fruit is durian; they use various tools and their strong jaws to open such fruits.

2- They receive a variety of nutrients such as sugars and fats from the fruits, carbohydrates from leaves and proteins from nuts.

3- They spend up to a 6 hours eating and foraging for food everyday

4- Orangutans are really important as fruit eating animals as the seeds from the fruits they eat grow best once gone through the animals digestive system, so the without the orangutans the plant may not grow as well leaving the plant extinct and also leaving other animals that are dependent on the plant in trouble.

Q-5

How people can help protect the animal in the wild

1- there are a lot of ways you can help orangutans in the wild, one of them is donating to many organizations such as the orangutan conservancy [] this will go to many important foundations helping out the orangutans in the wild.

2- You can adopt a orangutan virtually, by just donating some money to care for it, this can help a lot as it lessens stress to provide for all of the orangutans, it can really make a difference.

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** Jenna **
Q5. There are many reason why orangutans ability to live in the wildlife is being affected:


 * 1) 1. Their habitat is being destructed due to people legally and illegally logging for wood. This means that the tree’s they live in are getting cut down.


 * 1) 2. Due to the demand in palm oil products, orangutan’s habitat is being destroyed, as it is needed for palm oil plantations. Statistics show that over 50% of the products in our supermarkets have some type of pal oil in it. This too means that the tree’s the orangutans are living in are getting cut down, leaving the orangutans not much habitat space. Palm oil is found in many things like lipstick, soap, and woman’s cosmetics.


 * 1) 3. Another issue is hunting. This orangutans are hunted and killed and are eaten by the indigenous people in Borneo. They are also getting sold on the black market as they are worth a lot of money.

Over the past decade the animal’s population has decreased by 50% due to the threats above, as well as past climate shifts. As you can see the main reason that the population is decreasing is due to human activities. The Sumatran orangutan is critically endangered where as the Borneo orangutan is endangered.

Climate- is where their living space has had a change in climate and it is hard for them to survive. Habitat loss- is where they lose their habitat from destruction from palm oil plantations and illegal and legal logging. Introduced species- is where other people are introducing species from around the world and are harming the orangutans. Pollution- Pollution from the earth is harming the orangutans. Poachers- where people are illegally hunting the animals to eat and to sell on the black market.

Q6. One of the things conservationists stress to us is that we should know more about the species in order to help save them in the wild. We can do this by raising awareness and organizing fundraisers fir them.