Fast Fact Attack: Endangered Species 15 – The Sumatran Orangutan
Description More intelligent than a lot of people I am sure many of us will have met, these endearing great apes are our closest living relatives, sharing 97% of our DNA. They are nearly exclusively...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 30 – The Flat-headed Cat
Description With partially webbed feet, eyes that act as underwater binoculars and a flattened skull, this adorable little felid is perfectly adapted to its environment. Its streamlined, elongated and...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 55 – The Sumatran Rhinoceros
Description The only surviving member of the Dicerorhinini, a primitive group of rhinos from the Miocene epoch – which existed almost twenty million years ago, the Sumatran rhino is now close to...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 59 – The Sumatran Elephant
Description Why is somewhere so richly bio-diverse as Indonesia losing its wildlife at such an alarming rate? Why are the Sumatran tiger, the Javan and Sumatran rhino, and the Sumatran orangutan, all...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 61 – The Sumatran Tiger
Description From the eyes on its head to the whiskers on its face, there is not a single bit of the tiger that does not promise a cure for something. Or, so decree the Oracles of Chinese traditional...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 70 – The Asian Elephant
“Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man” Arthur Schopenhauer Everyday, more...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 75 – The Malayan Tapir
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction” Rachel Carson Looking remarkably like a cross between a...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 80 – The Malayan Sun Bear
“It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 92 – The Asiatic Golden Cat
“What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected”...
View ArticleIt’s not just the Orangutans that are in trouble!
Sign the petition to save Aceh 1,500,000 signatures are needed. 1,337,662 people have already signed. Please help and add yours. This is an incredibly important issue for all of us. Palm oil...
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