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Humans are responsible for this decline in orangutans. They are logging the orangutans habitats and driving the apes into areas where farmers shoot them to protect their crops. The harvesting of palm oil from the forest is what makes people log the habitat and destroy it. This habitat loss is critical in the loss of orangutan populations. Palm oil is a cheap oil that is found in household items (ie. pringles sticks) and most companies are using this oil faster then it can grow.
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What can you do to stop polar bears from being extinct?
you can help them by maybe putting them in a zoo
How are Sumatran orangutans being protected?
Some zoo keepers keep orangutans in the zoo.
How does deforestation affect orangutans?
Orangutans are animals adapted to live in the forest, they can not live anywhere else. If the forest is all cut down all the Orangutans that lived in it will die because they have nowhere left to live. Humans are rapidly cutting down all the forests that Orangutans live in and this means that if we do not stop doing this Orangutans will become extinct. The people who live in the places where Orangutans are to be found know this yet they still cut down the forests, When there is not more forest and no more Orangutans, this will be their fault and there will be environmental consequences - they will pay for this stupidity. -------------------------------------------------------------------- In many ways have they been affected. Most of the population of the orangutans are being killed and the population is decreasing. So if the deforestation keeps on going on and on and on. Then in about two decades they will probably most definitely be extinct.
Are orangutans being harmed by anything?
yes
What is being done to save the orangutans?
alot
Are orangutans being forced to fight each other?
No
How would you feel about animal extinct?
Extinction is the rule, not the exception. That being said, I would not like to be responsible for the extinction of an animal.
Are seals in dangered of being extinct?
being extinct is not dangerous.
What would happen if the orangutan becomes extinct?
Oranutans are not yet extinct although they are endangered. If they were to become extinct, we would lose a unique species which is related to our own (being a primate) and which is relatively intelligent. The damage in this case is not tangible, but more of an abstract nature. We don't actually need orangutans, still, it would be a shame to lose them. They are interesting.
Why are orangutans being killed?
Palm oil is the biggest threat to the orangutan life. Palm oil is in many foods, drinks and even in cosmetics like lipstick. the reason Orangutans are being killed is becasue the palm oil company's see the Orangutans who are living on their land so they kill them. but the only reason why the orangutans are on their land is because of the deforestation to make room for the palms.
What is the defitnition of hominid?
A human-like creature, a member of the family of great apes including people, gorillas, chimps and orangutans, as well as a number of extinct members of genus Homo. Not to be confused with humanoid which is anything in the shape of a human being, including human-shaped robots.
What animal is extinct and lives in Africa?
you can't have an extinct animal living. It can be endangered or close to being extinct, but not extinct.
