How do I get my scholastic access code?
Your access code is printed on the front page of the Teacher’s Guide you receive in the mail. We also send it to you via email. Once you’ve activated your account with the access code, you won’t have to do it again until the next school year.
Why did Gerhana need help immediately?
Gerhana needed medical attention—fast. He was dangerously underweight, dehydrated , and feverish. He also had no hair, a sign of malnutritiOn .
How is deforestation harming orangutans?
For many reasons, but the primary threat to orangutans is habitat loss, in this case deforestation. As orangutans are the animals to live mostly in trees, many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their land. The results from deforestation, are the loss of 80% of their habitat, in the last two decades.
How does the shrinking rainforest harm orangutans like Gerhana?
How does the shrinking rainforest harm orangutans like Gerhana? Orangutans can starve without enough of the forest’s fruits and plants. “Orangutans survive on the fruits and plants that grow in the rainforest.” “Since 1950, orangutan populations have dropped by about 80 percent.”
What is deforestation Why does it happen?
Deforestation is the removal or destruction of large areas of forest or rainforest. Deforestation happens for many reasons, such as logging, agriculture, natural disasters, urbanization and mining. There are several ways to clear forest — burning and clear-cutting the land are two methods.
What was the plan to save Gerhana?
The authorities had a plan to save Gerhana. They contacted the Four Paws International Orangutan Forest School. At this amazing place, scientist Signe Preuschoft and her staff care for orphaned orangutans. The Forest School sent a team to pick up Gerhana.
What’s one thing that orangutans eat?
Diet. Orangutans primarily eat ripe fruit, along with young leaves, bark, flowers, honey, insects, vines, and the inner shoots of plants. One of their preferred foods is the fruit of the durian tree, which has a very strong smell and tastes somewhat like sweet, cheesy, garlic custard.
Do orangutans kill humans?
Attacks by orangutans on humans are virtually unheard of; contrast this to the chimpanzee whose aggression towards each other and humans is well documented. This aggression can manifest itself even in chimps that have been lovingly cared for by humans in captivity.
Do tigers eat orangutans?
On Sumatra, the orangutan’s main predators, or natural enemies, are tigers and leopards. Tigers are very rare, however, because people have killed most of them off. On Borneo, there are no tigers, and leopards are the main animal that eats orangutans.
What’s the lifespan of an orangutan?
Bornean orangutan: 35 – 45 years
Who is bigger gorilla or orangutan?
No, an orangutan is not bigger than a gorilla, except for a very young gorilla. Gorillas are by far the largest of all the great apes, with an…
What is the oldest orangutan in the world?
Inji
What is the smallest orangutan?
Northeast Bornean orangutans
What is a female orangutan called?
A female orangutan is generally called a female. That’s it.
Are orangutans smart?
Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates. They use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. The apes’ learning abilities have been studied extensively.
Where are orangutans most endangered?
The destruction and degradation of the tropical rain forest, particularly lowland forest, in Borneo and Sumatra is the main reason orangutans are threatened with extinction.
How many orangutans are killed every day?
There are currently about 50,000 to 65,000 orangutans left in the wild, and it’s estimated that about 2,000 to 3,000 orangutans are killed every year. This corresponds to 5 to 8 orangutans being killed every day, and at this rate orangutans are very likely to become completely extinct within 50 years.
Is the Bornean orangutan extinct?
Endangered (Population decreasing)
How many Bornean orangutan are left?
104,700
What is being done to save the Bornean orangutan?
Here’s what you can do to help: Support organizations such as Health In Harmony that are working to protect orangutans and their habitats. Your donations make it possible for us protect and reforest Gunung Palung National Park, home to one of the last remaining viable orangutan populations. Buy FSC-certified products.
Do orangutans eat meat?
They occasionally eat meat, having been observed preying on slow lorises on five occasions since 1999. The fact that both orangutan species sometimes eat meat suggests that this common ancestor did so too, at least on occasion.
Can you legally own an orangutan?
Keeping an orangutan as a pet has been illegal since 1931 under Indonesian and international law. People keeping orangutans as pets generally do not feed them the right kinds of food, and because of this many orangutans we rescue are severely malnourished.