Orangutans

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I have no plans of leaving my home. I am happy here; we are happy here. Why would I leave the place where I first saw ‘beauty’? We can still find food, even though it’s not as abundant before, still there’s food. We are not the only inhabitant of the place; “there are also tigers, elephants, and rhinoceros that can be seen in the forest where we are living.”(N.A., 2014) The ‘flying-ones’ (birds) have already left, and their absence brings me melancholy for I will no longer be able to hear them sing. I love their songs, especially when the ‘great light’ (sun) rises and brightens the encompassing lush greens. It’s a majestic combination of mesmerizing light, exposing the beauty of my home, and joyful melody that revitalizes my day. Even when the great light is to sleep, the …show more content…
In the hard sciences, also from the WWF, 96.4% of our DNA is the same, and thus leads them to be one of our closest relative. Orangutan having low birth rates because they have long periods of maturing stage, 6 to 10 years before their offspring could have another, and there is only birth at a time; due to these they are now labeled ‘critically extinct’, meaning, within 50 years they could be extinct in the wild.(Singleton, 2014) The real issue for me is: We are the ones destroying their natural habitat, and we should be concerned because they getting low in numbers and are facing extinction in just a bit. Another of my concern is that with the 96.4% of DNA we share, we have to be more concern because we are talking about a close link to us now, and further advancement in the sciences should later reveal on something more interesting or shocking for us. As we consider ourselves, close to them, we should be aware and we should take action on what’s happening to

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