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Video Interview: Found on Youtube
Somebody brought this video to my attention. It was filmed when I spoke at Cincinnati Zoo sometime in the spring of this year. It’s not bad. The interviewer was very sympathetic to animals and conservation. We need more like her. She was charming and articulate. She also gave me a Curious George stuffed toy to [...]
Continue reading...Orangutan Twins – Thor doing fine so far!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Tut’s twins were born on October 15, 2009 at Camp Leakey, our facility supported and managed by Orangutan Foundation International, but Tranquillity, the weaker twin of the two, soon died. We named Thor, the stonger twin who survived, for the day of the week that he was born, Thursday. Since both twins [...]
Continue reading...Orangutan Twins at Camp Leakey!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Orangutan twins are a rare occurrence in nature! On October 15,2009 an orangutan female named Tut gave birth to twins at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Indonesian Borneo. She first appeared on the bridge in the morning carrying her two newborn infants . Since one of the twins seemed weak, the Camp [...]
Continue reading...Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
They say that a photo is worth a thousand words. Here is the equivalent of a few thousand words: photos of the fires that OFI is facing and fighting in 2009. The extreme droughts that enable human-made fires to blaze throughout Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) and Sumatra seem to be much more frequent than they ever used to be. The last El Nino was in 2006 when over 50 of our OFI assistants fought the fires for almost two months before the fires were brought to a stop.
Continue reading...About the Author
Scientist, conservationist, educator: for almost four decades Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has studied and worked closely with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo in their natural habitat, and is today the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan.Latest Flickr photos
- Orangutan Twins at Camp Leakey!
- Welcome!
- Canary Islands: Day One
- Coming Home: Los Angeles
- Blogging - Interrupted
- Greetings from San Diego: one day only
- Canary Islands:Here we come
- Return to Indonesia: Meeting the Governor in Palangka Raya
- Orangutan Twins - Thor doing fine so far!
- Coming Home: Indonesia
- drbirute: Great to get your comment. By the way, the surviv...
- Charmaine Scannell: I was at Camp Leakey last month and have some grea...
- Krista Orangutan: I am so happy that Dr. Birute Gldikas started work...
- shane: Dear Dr. Galdikas, I have written a comedy...
- sara skalman: i visited the camp only 4 days ago and i had the f...
Saturday, December 5, 2009
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