1 Hope 1 Malaysia

Hey Everyone! We are wishing you happy 52 Merdeka celebration from Orang Utans angles.

Through all the giggles and the tears we shared together, we were so happy that we are finally celebrating 52 aniversary of Merdeka. We have the freedom. Don't you think that we should share the freedom with Orang Utans too? They want to be free just like us.

Our hope for Orang Utans are:

1. To be love by human race.

2. To be support by human.

3. No more cutting trees in their habitate.

4. No more shooting them, killing them or harm them.

5. Give them some hope so they can live.

Now, tell us your hope for orang utans. Hope for this Merdeka celebration day so Orang Utans can feel the excitement about Merdeka.

Post a comment on this post and tell us about your hope. Every single post can make them feel happy.

Ep 5 : New Hope

"Elmo!! Elmo!!. Wake up!" A strong voice woke me up from a sweet dream I had. "It's your mother!". As soon as I heard the 'Mother' word, I was alarmed! "What's wrong with my mother?" I asked curiously. "She..err..She..".............


"She fell down from a tree when she's swinging to get you food" The owner of the voice was one of my mother's friend. "Fell from a tree? That's impossible. That couldn't be my mommy! My mommy was a good swinger!" I said harshly as I disagreed to what he said. "Yes Elmo, It's true. Your mother was one of the best swingers" He agreed. "WAS? What do you mean by was?" Curiously I asked "Your mother is dead. She was a great swinger but the swing was not the cause. She.. err" I looked straight into his eyes and ran to find my mother. I couldn't believe my ears. No way my mother was dead! This must be some joke!



When I arrived at the catastrophic place, I studded. I saw a body of an Orang Utan lying on the nature carpet. That was not my mother! It could not be my mother! I walked closer to her. She did not breath. She did not cry. She did not even call my name. I touched her fur slowly and I stared at her fur. I was shocked. It was my mother. I rubbed my eyes. The lady was really my mother. "Mommy! Wake up!" I shook her body. Hard. I really could not believe my eyes. "Mommy! Why don't you answer me mommy!" I screamed. She never refused to talk to me even though she was very busy. She answered my call all the time. Who was that woman! She looked like my mother, but she did not act like my mother!. Suddenly I saw there was a hole on her stomach. "What is this?" I asked angrily. "Dear Elmo, now hush dear. Your mother got shot by a human" Aunt Serina said and hugged me from behind. She tried to calm me down. "That's not my mommy! My mommy always talks to me!" I screamed my lungs out. I WANT MY MOMMY!!!


I cried all the way to Aunt Serina's place. Since that gloomy day, I lived with her. She took care of me after my late mother. A week passed by and I never laughed again since that day. All I did was producing tons more tears. It was just not the same without my mother. I still can smell her. I still can hear her voice clearly. I remember how she played with me. Pampered me in her lap. She gave me everything that she could possibly give. She held my hand every second in her life. She kissed my forehead and my cheeks before I go to sleep. She read me bedtime story and she also treated me like a real princess. I miss her so much. I want her to be by my side now.


All of the sudden, many trees had gone missing. The forest were on fire. Orang Utans were everywhere running to save their live, and I just sat here. I did not want to do anything. Aunt Serina died 2 weeks after my mother died. I had no one to take care of me. Many of us had died. I'm 3 years old and I'm left all alone. I ate anything I found. I need my mother, but she will never return to me again. Aunt Buffy and Cookie had ran away. I do not know where they are. I do not want to run away. I know I'm going to die like my mother and my dad. I have nothing else to treasure now.


I was sicked and I had not eaten for 3 days now. I was sure I was going to dying now till a human came and took me away. I had never been this close to a human before. I did not think of anything except to leave it all in God's hand. If they wanted to kill me, go ahead. I had nothing left. The human wrapped me in a blanket and kept me warm. They brought me to a strange place. A big house with little forest at the backyard. Many Orang Utans stay there. At the moment, I realized that I was lucky. The human came to help me. I survived here.


Now...


I'm a happy Orangutan with a happy life in WWF. WWF has saved my life and given me a place to stay, to eat, and to sleep. I met so many Orang Utans here and they are as well happy as I'm. I'm a 20 year old Orang Utan and still young. The story I told you was about my life since I was born till WWF saved me from a disease that attack every Orang Utan in the forest causes by the human. WWF gave new hope for me, and new hope for Orangutans as well.


Thank You WWF, and also Thank You for supporting us.


-The End-

What are you in orangutan's POV

HEY! Why don't you challenge yourselve by taking this short quiz !


Take a pencil and a piece of paper. Write the answer and calculate the marks! Look at the bottom of this post to see what you really are to the orangutans!



How well do you know Pongo also known as orangutan. Answer True or False.

1. Orangutans poses 32 permanent teeth, the same number present in Human

2. Orangutans know how to swim.

3. An orangutans’ favorite fruit is the durian

4. The strength of Orangutans is 7 times greater than Human’s strength.

5. Orangutans can travel up to 1500 meters in one day.

6. Baby orangutans cry when they’re hungry, whimper when they’re hurt and smile at their mothers.

7. Orangutans cover their heads with large leaves to shelter from the rain

8. Orangutans have tails.

9. Female orangutan reproductive cycle lasts 30 days

10. When orangutans are annoyed they will smack their lips together to produce a sound called a ‘kiss squeak’!

11. Orangutans share 97% human’s DNA

12. Mosquito bothers orangutans like they did on human

13. Orangutan can walk upright.

14. When orangutan stretch their arms it can only reach to 1.5 meters

15. Male orangutan abandon their partner after their partner labored their baby.

*****ARE YOU READY FOR THE ANSWERS!!! SCROLL DOWN........








Answer scheme

True, False, True, True, False,True, True, False,True, True, True, True, True, False, False






The truth for the false answer

Question 2.
They don't know how to swim, but they will go across deep streams or rivers. They don't swim in water to get across.

Question 5.
They can only travel to 1000m in one day.

Question 8.
Orangutans are great apes. The difference between monkeys and apes is that monkeys have tails and apes don't.

Question 14.
It can reach to 2 meters!

Question15.
Male orangutan left their partner after their partner pregnant not after the female labor the baby.

Which position are you....

In orangutans point of view...

13-15 - Truely an orangutan's angel !

Thank you! You care about me.. <333>

10-12 - Studen't of the orangutan's angel...

Not bad! ^__^

7-9 - Are you a new studen't of orangutan's angel?

Huh! Acceptable! =]

4-6 - Learn! Learn! Learn more about us!

You have to work out on your orangutan's knowledge =__=

1-3 - Must go to the 'orangutans school!'

You know nothing about me! What a shame... =p

zero - ????

Are you a living creature?? +__+

Youth voice..

Here are some responses from 2 Bestari students after they had took the quiz!

I had leave a few question at the bottom of the quiz sheet....



The questions



1. Do you know orangutans are decreasing in numbers?

2. How do you feel after taking this short quiz?

3. a few words to those who treat orangutans badly





NOOR NURAINA BT HAMAT

- I would definitely check the blog to know more about Pongo and others.

- Orangutans need love and care from us, not a pain to endure through their life.

NURULAIN BT IBRAHIM

-I feel the love for orangutans and I realize that they are as special and unique like any other creatures in the world. So, we should try our best to preserve them for our next generation

-To those mentioned, you need to know how idiot you are. Don't just think about the money. there is something far more important than that.

HAJAR NUR DINI BINTI ZAINI

- I realize that orang utans are actually part of us, so, i have to know them better. I have to respect them and the most important thing is I have to love them.

-Dont be because you will regret.

NURUL FAZARINA BT MOHD BUHARI

- I felt that orangutans are amazing and maybe most of us do not know much about them but they still need protection from extinction.

- They are the worst people on earth because they'd never appreciate the nature but they only intens to make themselves happy by touturing other creatures.

AHMAD KUSHAIRI B MOHD SHALADDIN

- I think that I know more about orangutan's than before.

- I hope they will stop this bad habit and start treating them nicely.

AFAF BT MUHAMMAD

- I feel like I have gained new knowledge on an orangutan.

- Orangutans have feelings too!

NURDIYANA BT KARTAWINATAR

- After taking this short quiz, i just get a lot of fact about orangutan.

- Don't treat them badly because they just a creature with no harms and have feelings just like human.

MIMI AMMELIA

- I feel that it is definately important for us to extand a helping hand in order to avoid the extinction of the orang utans.

- Orang utans are like humans! They need to have a life too!

NUR AMIERA SHAFIQAH BT AIDI

- I feel that we really need to work something out in order to help the orangutans from extinct.

- Save orangutans!!! They need to have a life too.

NUR AIN BINTI MOHAMMAD HAMSANI

- I wanna be orangutan's angel.

- Sick people. need to live in the zoo.

SYAMIMI ABDUL GHANI

- after taking this short quiz, I feel that orangutan is a very special animal and we should save the orangutans from extinguish.

-Please don't harm them as they never harm you.

"Thank you guys for giving us full support and cooperation!!"

It's over

The quiz went well as we planned. 2 Bestari was chosen to answer our quiz.....
I'm sure they recieve more information about orangutan after taking this quiz...
Before I forgot, we also put up one of our flyers at the class infomation board...

Thanks to teacher Wan Honeyza bt Wan ismail for giving us some time to do this quiz in your class.


Quiz time!!!

We gave every student the quiz paper.
Then, we left them answer those questions...
When everyone were ready. The answer were given out...
Then, we told them why the answer is false false the false answer questions.
Two prizes were given to the two students with the highest marks.


The winner goes too.....

1. Nurulain bt. Ibrahim (scored 11/15)
2. Nur Ain binti Mohammad Hamsani (also scored 11/15)

"Congratulation!! That's not bad! "

Check out my blog next time to know what you really are to the orangutans based on your score!

I'm really sorry. =( The picture taken cannot transfered to the computer because the cable was lost. I forgot to put the memory card last night. If I remember to put the memory card, I can use the memory card reader but unfortunately I forgot =(

I'm really sorry. Forgive me!!! =)

Flyers

We decidid to put up some flyers at SMK Sultan Sulaiman!
Here is the preview of our flyers!

Click the flyer to enlarge the view

Poem : The journey begins - 6

Hopefully we’ll meet you one of these days soon,
Just think of us every time you see the big Blue Moon,

Because we can never grow old .... and we’ll always be near,
You’ll know where to find us, if you wish us to stay here!

And if in the future we return to our trees,
With your great help we’ll experience our home’s tropical breeze,

Unless you tire to care and become bored to explore,
Then our jungle's shadow shall flee, and we'll be seen never more.

By : Donald Noss Jr. - Rocky River, Ohio


Thanks to : thecleverminkies

Conservation Efforts

The Orangutan is currently an endangered species, with the Sumatran Orangutan (P. albelii) listed on the critically endangered list.

The population of P. pygmaeus in Borneo has decreased from 23,000 in 1995 to 15,400 in 1998, a decrease of a third of the population in less than three years. Estimates are similar for P. albelii population decreases in Sumatra.

Agencies are continuing their conservation efforts of Orangutans throughout Indonesia. In Sumatra, roughly 70% of population of P. albelii has been protected by the Leuser Ecosystem in contrast to Borneo where only 16% of Orangutan habitat has been protected.

In addition to the Leuser Ecosystem, agencies are also using zoos to rehabilitate Orangutans that have been recovered from illegal trade or have lost their habitats. Estimates of zoo populations throughout the world are 306 Sumatran Orangutans and 385 Bornean Orangutans.

Destruction of Habitat

The population of Indonesia has grown from roughly 15 million people in 1900 to now over 200 million in 2000.

With population expected to exceed 300 million in less than two decades it is no surprise that the habitat of Orangutans has been increasingly destroyed.

Human population increase coupled with the increase in profitable palm oil plantations has drastically decreased the Orangutan's natural habitat.

The size of Orangutan habitat in Borneo is currently around 155,000 km2 compared to just under 27,000 km2 in Sumatra.

However, in Sumatra the survival rate is predicted to be higher for Orangutans because their main habitat is located along the Barisan Mountain Range in northern Sumatra which is inhabitable for humans.






Illegal Trade & Poaching

Orangutans are constantly struggling with humans for rights to territory.

This struggle has lead to the illegal poaching and capture of Orangutans.

These animals are suffering from a decreased size in habitat that leads Orangutans to travel outside of their normally dense forests and into populated areas where humans will often capture them or shoot them.

Also, in some instances, humans have set fire to Orangutan forests to force out the animal populations and log the resulting forest.

If caught the animals fleeing from these forest fires will be shot or captured and used to gain large profits in illegal animal trading.

This trade began when 1,000 illegally imported infant Orangutans showed up in Taiwan in 1900 and it still continues today, but probably greater numbers.



Thanks to : bioweb

Short Quiz!

We had prepared 35 copies of quiz paper and this wil be given to one of the classes in SMK Sultan Sulaiman. Who is chosen? Just wait and see.....

See you again tomorrow....

Tips for this quiz: Interesting and fun fact
Hey Sulaimanians you might want to take note about the tips. You can be chosen! The highest mark for this quiz will be given a special tokens from Orangutan's Angels.

ARE YOU READY!!!

Here are the preview of the tokens...

We design this specially for you...

You want it?

Episode 4: Human

Ep 3: I made new friends

Ep 2: My first bath

Ep 1 : I was born

We played tagged and caught pretty butterfly. We were so happy until we heard a long call. We never heard of long call as loud as this one before. I usually heard this kind of long call from a far distance but this one really hit my ear drum hard. We were so scared and we hugged each other panically. Our mother came to grab us and we were put on their back. They were running so fast! I was so scared. My heart pumped blood faster and thumping my chest really hard. I was so scared that I didn't realize that I cried. "Mommy! Mommy! What's happening?" I want to know badly. "Nothing honey, just sit still and hold me tight" she said. We kept running until we reached to a place.........

The place was nearby a gigantic tree. On top of the tree, I saw our protector standing. I did not know him but I was sure he's the one who protected us all along. "Attention all! I'm here gathering you today to tell you an important thing" He said and all the scream, crying and chit chatting sound ended. Everybody was listening to him. "As you can see, so many trees have been chopped down" As he continued, I asked "Mommy, who cut down all the twees?". "Listen to him honey, I don't know too" My mother replied. "All this thing has been done by a creature named human! They have gone too far now. They cut down our forest, and they shot our family. Many of us have died in their hands" Everybody looked down when he said 'shot our family'. "Mommy, are they the one who killed my daddy?" I asked curiously. "Yes dear. They killed your daddy" A silent tear fell from her eyes.

"There is nothing we can do now. The only thing that left for us are hope and faith. They are the one who create this mess, but they are also our only hope. We need the heart of gold human to save us" He continued his speech with a long sigh. "Mommy! I don't want to die!" I cried. Again. They really have gone too far. Our protector said, they were also our last hope. "Now, I have announced what I wanted to say. Everybody dismissed" He finished his words and climbed to another tree and vanished into the thick jungle. What should we do? We could do nothing but wait and pray for someone to save our life.

My mother and I walked to the nearest river to take a gulp of water after the gathering. As we were walking, we heard a loud scream from behind us. "HELP! HELP! My son is trapped under the tree! Help!" A familiar voice. We turned our back and ran to the scenery as fast as we could. I was surprise when we arrived there. "Mookie!" I shouted with a hand covering my mouth. Aunt Serina cried as loud as she could begging for anyone could help her. My mother put me down and calmed Aunt Serina's down. I cried. I ran to Mookie and hold his hand tightly while saying "Hold on Mookie! Your daddy tried to raise the tree on you! Please! You are the only friend I have!". "I can't hold on anymore Elmo, this tree is so hea......vy. Hush!" And he died silently. He closed his eyes slowly and I saw a tear on his left eye. "Mookie!!!!" Aunt Buffy and I screamed.

"Mookie! Why did you leave me son! You are the only son I have" Aunt Serina couldn't hold to her emotion anymore and screamed like a maniac. After a few minutes, Aunt Buffy and Cookie arrived. "What happened Carry?" Aunt Buffy asked and before my mother could answer her question she said "Oh My God! Mookie!" and grabbed Mookie's hand. She kissed Mookie's cheeks tenderly waiting for an answer like he always did when Aunt Buffy kissed him. She was disappointed and stood on her knees. "Who did this?" She asked fiercely. "Hu..Human" I said. Hearing my answer, she stood up and said "There's nothing we could do if they were the one who did this to our Mookie". Cookie just stood still and could do or say nothing. Cookie came to me suddenly and hugged me. "Please don't leave me like Mookie did. I don't have anymore friend" He said. I wiped his tears and hugged him back. "Don't worry Cookie, I wont."

After that incident, I never heard any laughter or cheer again. All I heard was crying and quietness.

1 month later.....

"Elmo!! Elmo!!. Wake up!" A strong voice woke me from a sweet dream I had. "It's your mother!". As soon as I heard the 'Mother' word, I was alarmed!. "What's wrong with my mother?" I asked curiously. "She..err..She..".............

To Be Continued!!!...

Hey Guys! Want to win some prize!

Hello Orangutan's angel readers.....

It's time to test you knowledge....



All the answers are on the previous post!!!

Take part and you will have a chance to win a prize from Orangutan's angel!!

Its Easy!! Seriously!!

Fisrt people who submitted their answer in this comment spaces will be given a prize (terms and conditions apply)! So hurry!

Terms and conditions.

1. You must be from any of these school - SMKS9, SMKSS or MRSM PC (Its easier for us to give away the prize).

2. Submit your answer with your name, school and your class.

3. Good luck!!!

The test begins now........

1. State the two main species of Pongo?
2. What is the name of Elmo's two new friends?

3.Which song are these lyrics taken from

Well send them your heart,

so they know that someone cares.

And lives will be stronger and free.

As God has shown us,

by turning stone to bread,

and so we all must lend a helping hand

4. What is the name of orangutans that have The Runny Nose?

5. Which part of male orangutan will help them with thier long calls?

6. Who wrote the poem the journey begins?

7. State 3 organizer for this NEW HOPE for orangutans school program?

8. Who sang this version of this song in my blog

For a better tomorrow,

would you reach out your hand

Would you stretch out your arms as far as you can.

If we all reach together,

to the world we can say

That a better tomorrow,

begins with today

9. Who are the ladiesman in the video?

10. What is the last line on the paper which was holding by a boy wearing a stripes with a blue collar t-shirt for Snap Your Picture activity?

11. Why didn't Hashok snap his picture for Snap Your Picture activity?

That's all!!!

Good luck!!!

Orangutans loves you!

Hello, Orangutan's Angels readers!

Today's post will be different from other post because I would like to tell you a story.

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Nadia call me and told me about her idea about Snap Your Picture activity. It was a good idea!! So I post Snap Your Picture to tell the readers about what to do. Nadia and I also post a bulletin on our myspace to tell others what you can do to support this New Hope for Orangutans School Program.

I was chit-chatting (more to tell others about Nadia's idea =p ) in my YM (yahoo messenger) then someone buzzed me. Oh! It was Hashok! He was my friend from my former school SMKS9. I told him about the activity and he became excited.

Here it goes:

hashok : hi elisa!

elisa : Hye

elisa : Eh!

elisa : Hashok ko da tgk ke kat blog lisa....

elisa : yg psl Snap Your Pic tu

hashok : Hurmm......

hashok : jap!

hashok : aku tengok!

(after a few minutes)

elisa : da tgk ke?
hashok : dah
elisa : ko nk buat ke!!!
hashok : hurmmm....
hashok : ok!
hashok : I do that the first thing tomorrow morning...
hashok : ambik gmbr kt luar background pokok
hashok : rmh aku bnyk pokok
elisa : huhuhu...
elisa : bgs3
elisa : tqtqtqtq =)


Thursday, 27 August 2009

Again! I log in to YM. Then a window popped out!

hashok : elisa!
elisa : yeeeee
hashok : sorry!!
hashok : aku x leh snap gmbr
hashok : camera kat India
hashok : mak aku bawak!
elisa : oh.. yeke!
elisa : kalau mcm tu x pe lah
hashok : alaaaaaa......
hashok : x da cara lain ke nk support!!
elisa : hahaha...
hashok : x pe lah!
hashok : aku try edit gmbr lama aku...
hashok : nk edit mcm aku tengah sapu daun2..
hashok : kat belakang aku banyak pokok
elisa : ok! ok! (I think he wanted him to look like a zoo keeper - cleaning orangutan's area =p )

Wow! You are a great supporter Hashok. He never gave up showing his support (although the camera is in India). Later in the evening, Hashok told me that he tried to edit the picture but it ended up to be a picture with trees on his back, with leaves (like he planned to do) but only his head was there. His body was accidentally erased during the process. At night, we chit-chatting again and he told me that he did not know how to edit the picture just like he planned to do.

So, I decided to publish a post about his story to show an appreciation for his great continuously support! Orangutan loves you Hashok!


Friday, 28 August 2009

"Hey! This is cute"

"Hashok is an animal lover! What about you? Be an orangutans lover. You can get a good hug from them because a male orangutan can spread his arms until two metres! What an amazing fact! "

Poem : The journey begins - 5

We live in your world but travel in ours,
We’ve already lived longer than some of the stars,

And traveled the rivers of your secret dreams,
As we sailed down an infinite number of streams.

And still we continue to Tokyo, Tunisia, & Mt. Everest,
Maybe we'll be able to visit the rest.

We have all the time and no time, do you understand?
Only you can invite us to visit your land.

But there are still many trees that we'd really wish to climb,
Will you give us that opportunity and plenty of time?


By : Donald Noss Jr. - Rocky River, Ohio

Thanks to : thecleverminkies

Episode 3 : I made new friends

Ep2: My first bath

Ep 1: I was born

"You like it don't you honey?" She said and throw a big smile on me."You are so cute! I'm going to call you Elmo" So, she said it. She named me Elmo. I like that name. My name is Elmo. Elmo? Yes, Elmo! Hello world! My name is Elmo! I laughed hard all the way until my mother finish tickling my body. "Okay honey, I'm done bathing you. Let's go" She took me away and we are heading towards our home.....

My mother gave me a really big hug and said " You smell good child! Just like me. " and smiled followed by some giggles. So she said that I'm perfect and look a bit like my late dad. I longed to see my dad's face. I wonder how he looked like and suddenly an unimaginable figure popped out of my head. But now, I could never see his face in person. Never. He's dead and I must accept the I-really-don't-want-to-know fact that I'm an orphan. Only with a mom taking a good care of my fragile body. I can be strong! Not that I can. I MUST! Now, my mom was so happy to have me by her side even though my dad was not around anymore to support her, but she still had me and her friends to give a helping hand. I was so impressed for her determination to continue her life although an incident had turned her world upside down. She undoubtedly was a very tough women!

2 years later....

"Mommy!!! Mommy!!! Wake up! Wake up!" I shook my mother's huge, hairy, red-brownish body and she opened her eye lids with difficulty. Hey! Is that Elmo? Did I speak just now? For your information ladies and gentleman, yes! I did. I already knew how to speak now! A very big round of applause to my mother that had faced through hardship to teach me how to speak and communicate. Surprisingly I also know how to walk properly.

"Yes, honey! Why do you wake up so early?" she asked me with a confuse expression on her face. I usually woke up at 10 a.m in the morning, but now it's only 8 a.m in the morning. It was two hours earlier! Why did I wake up so early? I also could not answer that question myself. Maybe, I was over excited. "Mommy! Mommy! Today is my birthday! Don't you remember?" I asked and jumped high and swang around my mother with a little joy in my sweet little voice. "I know it's your birthday honey, and I never forget that I had promised to bring you to your new friends. Dont worry! I still remember it. You must be so excited" she uttered and then smiled tand suddenly gave me a little pat on my head. " Huhuhu! I can't wait!" I whispered to myself.

"Let's go! We must smell good if we want to make new friends dear. So, take a bath!" muttered her and without hesitation she headed straight to the river bank. I instantly walked towards her and followed her footsteps. On our way to the river bank, I saw a beautiful, yellow butterfly with a batik-like printing on it. Without thinking further I chased the butterfly. I tore and jumped up and down to catch it but it seemed to take forever for me to catch it. It slipped through my fingers! "Enough, dear! I don't want you to get lost because you keep chasing that pretty butterfly without realizing what's happening around you " my mom reminded me and suddenly grabbed me and put me on her back.

Finally, after ten minutes of walking we arrived at the river bank. I laughed when she slided me from her back to put me into the water. She joined me in the cold river and we scrubbed our fur, removing all the dirt, dust and microorganism until we were done. I took the bath myself without the help of my mother. It was amazing when I could do lots of things by myself as I was growing up. My mother helped me to get out of the river and we headed straight to my mother's friends place. I felt like I had butterflies in my stomach. I never had a friend before. Why was I so nervous?

We were passing many trees until we arrived at my mother's friends place. Before we reached there, my mother plucked a stalk of flower and put it on my ear to beautify myself. "Look, mommy! I'm a pweety pwincess!" I said joyfully. "Yes dear Elmo, you are my pretty little princess and forever will" and she hugged me. A wide smile appears on my face. Now, I am ready to meet my new friends. I took a long breath. I can do it! "Hi there Serina and Buffy" My mother greeted her friends welcomingly and hugged them tight. "This is my daughter, Elmo. She's turning two years old today" she held my hand and embraced me on her arm.

"Hi pretty Elmo, this is my son Mookie and his cousin, Cookie" Aunt Serina said and pointed her finger to each of them. Aunt Buffy is Aunt Serina’s sister and Mookie and Cookie were my new friends. "She is so adorable!" Aunt Buffy said and gave me a soft kiss on my chubby cheek. "Thank you Aunt Buffy" I smiled. "Now go and play with your new friends okay dear? Be carefull! Don't play too far!" my mother gave a short reminder for us and she's off with her friends. Probably gossiping about what was hot in the jungle. Mookie and Cookie grabbed my hands and we ran to play near the river.

We played tagged, and caught pretty butterfly. We were so happy until we heard a long call. We never heard of long call as loud as this one before. I usually heard this kind of long call from a far distance but this one really hit my ear drum hards. We were so scared and we hugged each other panically. Our mother came to grab us and we were put on their back. They were running so fast! I was so scared. My heart pumped blood faster and thumping my chest really hard. I was so scared that I didn't realize that I cried. "Mommy! Mommy! What's happening?" I want to know badly. "Nothing honey, just sit still and hold me tight" she said. We kept running until we reached to a place.........

To Be Continued!

By: Orangutan's angel

How we interact

"Awww!!! Aren't they sweet. Do we want to separate them! Don't let one of the weaker die because of deforestration. They are innocent! We MUST save them!!!"

MALE


Male Orangutans are the most solitary.

They are intolerant of each other in adulthood and will threaten one another using long calls, starring, shaking of tree branches, and inflating their laryngeal throat pouches.

Sometimes these encounters can escalade to hand to hand combat and even to the death.

Sexual contact with females is the only interaction that males have and it will only last for a few weeks when females are receptive to mating.

After contact, males will abandon females a few days after a female becomes pregnant.

FEMALE

Females are usually accompanied by only one or two young when they travel.

Occasionally groups of females may be seen together with their young, but this does not persist for more than a day normally.

Females are less solitary than males and even semi-social.

It has been observed that females tend to travel with other females of whom they associated with as an adolescent.

Adult females have stable home ranges that may overlap, but each female recognizes clear boundaries to other home ranges.

A female's home range is usually 5 to 6 km2.

Adolescent females are the most sociable of all the Orangutans.

The females can often be seen grooming each other or the males that they may be consorting with.

Interestingly though, once an adolescent female gives birth to her first offspring, she becomes intolerant of other females that she previously had a friendly relationship with.

Adolescent females have been observed to establish home ranges that are close in proximity to their mother's range.



MALE

Male Orangutans have home ranges that are usually larger than their female counterparts.

Adult males will occupy home ranges that intercept two or more ovulating females or they will travel long distances to seek opportunistic females.

Males can be identified based on two criteria: Wanderer Males and Resident Males.

A Resident Male Orangutan will have a specified home range that is similar in size to an adult female's home range.

Wanderer Male Orangutans will travel over a larger area covering more ground looking for females or a steady food source.

Male Orangutans will typically disperse and settle on a home range father from their mothers than what a female would.

However, male settlement depends on the nearby female's ability to conceive and also on food sources.



FEMALE

In addition to adolescent females being social, juvenile Orangutans will establish friendships with their same sex & age mates.



MALE

Also, adult males will normally tolerate sub-adult males, but could easily displace them.

In addition, sub-adult males almost always tolerate one another in most instances.


Thanks to : bioweb

I Support New Hope For Orangutans

Today I decided to do some activities with my family regarding the previous post which is SNAP YOUR PICTURE..

Put some glitters!!

Almost done. Do some final touch.

HERE ARE SOME GREAT RESULTS

Done by : Nur Athirah Eusni, 7years old (cousin)

Done by : Nur Amirah Eusni, 12 years old (cousin)

HEY!! THEY HAD PLAYED THEIR PART!!! Why don't you take part in this activity! There are more spaces in this blog for us to publish your work! It's not too late!

Snap your picture

TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR ORANG UTAN..
WANT TO PLAY YOUR PART?
JUST SNAP YOUR PICTURE!!


we wanna save the orang utan..
this is for our people in the forestl!!..

snap a pic of you guys and edit them..
and by just holding a piece of paper..

on top of the paper, write down

I support new hope for orang utan school program..
Or any massage you want to write down..

Do it as creative as you want!

send the picture to me!!..please!!..
i'll put ur pic in our blog..
Thank you very much!!

"It's never too late to give new HOPE for orangutans!"

By: Orangutans Angels

MMS Day

Today I recieved a SMS by a friend that makes me smile,

Today is MMS Day..

MMS means - " MAKE MONKEYS SMILE"

I've done my part, Now u send it 2 all MONKEYS n make them smile too. keep smiling.. huhuhu

Don't forget to visit : http://www.orangutansarecute.blogspot.com/

Thanks Asma Amani..

U really makes me smile...

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING ORANGUTAN'S ANGEL!

"Nowdays, it is really hard to find a monkey smiles. Why should 'we' smile if our place for shelter is been destroyed by human. To make them smile again please don't destroyed their habitat. Just imagine if a person came to our house and suddenly destroyed it and in just a few second the house is no longer a place to shelter. Think and react! "

Our population...

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Estimated population of Orangutan
Borneo

Year:
1900: 230000
1930: 203000
1996: 23000
1998: 15000


Sumatra

Year:
1900: 85000
1930: 69000
1996: 12000
1998: 12000


TOTAL:

Orangutan’s population - 1900
= Borneo + Sumatra
= 230000 + 85000
= 315000

Orangutan’s population - 1930
= Borneo + Sumatra
= 203000 + 69000
= 272000

Orangutan’s population - 1996
= Borneo + Sumatra
= 23000 + 12000
= 35000

Orangutan’s population - 1998
= Borneo + Sumatra
= 15000 + 12000
= 27000

Orangutan's population in decreasing order

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1900, 1930, 1996, 1998

"HEY!!! HELP THEM! Give them a life... They are decreasing in number. Don't let our future generation didn't have the chance to see lively Pongo Phygmaeus and Pongo Albelii because of us. So stop chopping down those trees and give orangutans the chances to life!! Save orangutans!"

Thanks to : earthsbirthday

Orangutan's runny nose

"Must watch Video! Funny + Cute! Doctors can treat orangutans just LIKE humans. Mostly, they share the same diseases AS humans. Runny nose and sneeze are signs of flu just LIKE humans. They do take blood test just like us. This is because THEY SHARE 97% DNA with HUMANS. So why don't we protect the animals that have most things in common with us."

Thanks to : youtube

Poem : The journey begins - 4

Our wandering has taken us so very far,

To Tokyo, Toronto, Sydney, and Qatar.

Kirchdorf, Paris, Beijing, and Bangalore,

But we still need more time to play and explore,

Did you know we share similar DNA and much more?

We travel in ways you cannot understand,

On virtual boulevards never planned.

To Belize and Belgium, England & Spain,

What happens if spring does not bring you rain?

by : Donald Noss Jr. - Rocky River, Ohio

Thanks to: Thecleverminkies

Episode 2 : My first bath

Ep 1 : I was born

"He got shot. By a don't-care-for-animals man." my mother's friend turns his back on my mother and went away. She came just to inform that news to my mother! I know it was bad news because I could saw my mother kept crying and kept wondering what will happen to us. What happened? I still don't have any clue for the answer. Looking at my mother's tears gliding on her cheeks, I produce tons more tears. Not that I'm hungry. I cry for the fact that I don't like to see my mother cry........

“It’s your dad... He...” she couldn’t finish her sentence. A silent tear felt rapidly and ended up on top of my small baby head. “He’s dead. He didn’t get any chance to see you. His first daughter.." she ended stammering and put me slowly on the ground. She had left me alone and went away. I was so scared. Why did she put me on the ground? Where is she going? Is she going to leave me alone? Some bad things popped out through my mind! I don't want to die!! I want to explore the world more. OH for god sake! Please! Please mother! Don't leave me alone, I'm scared and need a protector. I need a guardian to guide me through life. I kept crying and after about half an hour, my mother came back. Thank God she came back!

"Gugugaga!..Gagaga!" I said, practically, babbling to my mother. "What did you say, honey? I'm really sorry for leaving you alone just now, I went to find some water to drink. Let me feed you" she said with her soft voice while feeding me with some milk. I stopped crying and stared at my mother's big, round beautiful eyes. I'm so glad that I have you as my mother. I know you won’t and never leave me alone. I know that you love me!

"Oh honey, I don't have anybody left to hold me tight. I only have you by my side. I want to take a good care of you until my last breath. You are the only thing your dad left for me" she glanced at me and kissed my head.

She hold me tight and took me for a walk. I didn't know where we were going, but I was so excited to explerience the new surrounding. I wanted to know everything that I could possibly know. We stopped at a riverbank. "Gugugaga.Agagagu?" I asked my mother. "Ouh. You want to know why we are here sweetheart?" She smiled at me. For the first time ever, someone understood me. My mother knew what I was talking about."I'm going to give you a bath" she said. WHAT???? A BATH?
I didn't want to take a bath mommy! Please! "Gagagu!. Gagagu!" I cried and begged so hard but she just laughed at me as a response to my reaction. I was happy to see a smile on her face again although I have to face the torture of having my first bath. Wait. What is bath anyway?

"Agagagu?" I asked my mother. "A bath is when your fur will be soaking wet when I splash water on you" she laughed again. "Ouhhh" I said. That was not so bad. I guess. I never had a bath before anyway. Why didn't I get a new experience anyway. She splashed a bit of water on my baby's body and I felt the cold freezing water hitting hard. I stopped crying. It was cold and refreshing! I like the water! I want more!

"You like it, don't you honey?" She said and threw a big smile on me. "You are so cute! I'm going to call you Elmo" So, she said it. She named me Elmo. I liked that name. My name is Elmo. Elmo? Yes, Elmo! Hello world! My name is Elmo! I laughed hard all the way till my mother stopped tickling my body.
"Okay honey, I'm done bathing you. Let's go" She took me away and we were heading towards our home.....

To Be Continued!!......