Orang utans are facing extinction as all of our blog readers may already know after many mentions in our previous posts. That is, after all, the main reason as to why we created this blog in the first place. But did you know that a female orang utan can only give birth once every 8 years? What's worse is they can live for only about 35 years in the wild and 50 years in captivity (meaning the zoo). A male orang utan matures at the age of 15 while the female can only give birth when they are 12 years old.
Let's do some mathematics now, shall we?
(This blog is so good isn't it? Not only we save orang utan, we teach you math!)
Let's say a female orang utan lives in the wild and she's 12.
35-12=23.
That leaves only about 23 years of living for the orang utan. Which means=
23/8=2.9
They can only have 2 babies throughout their whole life.
Human should consider this before they cut down the orang utans habitats. What will happen if the orang utans are killed before they reached their mature age? They can't produce any offsprings to continue their legacy.
We are humans. We are responsible for everything that has happened to this world. We made a mess and we have to clean it up. Don't you agree?
1 comment:
Wow this is news to me too. Interesting fact you have here. I really have learnt something new today. Thanks.
More reason for us to sayang and care for the orang utan.
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