Fires in Orangutan Country opus 985
| 7 November 2026 1249 Hours | | Mammalogy, Behavior, Biology, Climate, Conservation, Current Events, Environment, Food, Medical, Zoology |
Orangutans are one of my favorite primates.
They are large with long reddish hair and long arms.
They always seem to be in some sort of deep thought.
Today, their drying rainforest habitat is threatened by fire.
2.2 million acres have already been lost to this burning.
Many individuals are being rescued from smoke inhalation,
As well as from severe physical burns. Similar to humans,
They are vulnerable to asthma and heart attacks.
The fires, of course, destroy the fruit food source.
There are 104,000 threatened Borneo orangutans
Remaining in Indonesia.
"There is still hope because orangutans are resilient,
Quite flexible, intelligent, and ecologically resourceful."
This shall be the continued saga we will hear,
As the environment is incessantly threatened and modified.
Fire appears now, more than ever, to be the great equalizer
For both humans and many other terrestrial creatures.