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Key West (USA), Jan 30 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Cristobal Herrera) To many familiar with his work, Jay Pfahl is not merely an orchidologist but an “orchidolic” — the specialist cultivates some 4,000 orchids at his home in Key West, Florida. FOOTTAGE OF JAY PFAHL AND HIS ORCHIDS IN KEY WEST.
Samut Prakan, De 17 (EFE/EPA).- Thai authorities repatriated Thursday two smuggled orangutans to their nature habitat in Indonesia upon the request of the Indonesian government.Two four-year-old orangutans were smuggled into Thailand in 2017 through the Malaysia - Thailand border and were later seized by Thai authorities. After almost three years of legal process, the animals were Thursday being transported back to their nature habitat in Indonesia and will join a rehabilitation program before being released into the wild. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: AUTHORITIES PREPARE TO REPATRIATE TWO ORANGUTANS AT SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT CARGO TERMINAL IN SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND.
Banda Aceh, Feb 13 (EFE/EPA).-The Reintroduction and Quarantine station of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) rescued an orangutan Thursday in north of Sumatra.Orangutans are losing their habitat due to the destruction of forests to turn them into palm oil plantations.Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil closely followed by Malaysia.Palm plantations have been built on tropical rainforest lands, causing the death and displacement of many species, including the endangered orangutan. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE RESCUE OF AN ORANGUTAN IN SUMATRA, INDONESIA.
Denpasar, Dec 16 (EFE/EPA).- A baby orangutan found in a suitcase in Bali airport several months ago returned to its home island of Sumatra on Monday.Bonbon will be admitted to a rehabilitation facility before being released into the wild again.The little ape, who is about 3 years old, will be transferred to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), in the province of North Sumatra, Prawono Meruanto, spokesperson for the Natural Resources Conservation Agency in Bali, said in a statement. (Camera: MADE NAGI). SHOT LIST: BONBON, A THREE-YEAR-OLD ORANGUTAN, DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN BALI, INDONESIA.
Scientists say that the deepest parts of our ocean are as mysterious as space and many of the creatures residing in the darkness of the abyss have yet to be discovered by scientists. Occasionally, the ocean decides to surprise us by spewing up one of these rare and mysterious creatures onto the beach so we can puzzle over it. A carcass of one such mysterious giant creature appeared on the shore of Seram Island in Indonesia's Maluku province on Friday, raising the eyebrows of residents and local authorities alike. The bloodied carcass, which is about 50 feet long and 23 feet wide, is speculated to be a giant squid that had died a few days before its discovery. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association writes that humanity has only explored about 5 percent of the world's oceans and that up to 95 percent has never been seen by human eyes. Creatures living in the depth of the oceans can be mysterious and even grotesque, taking very uncommon shapes and sizes. Despite the buzz created by the mysterious mass, the island’s residents are now urging the authorities to remove the remains as they began to rot.
The University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences announced a major new discovery. The world's biggest dinosaur footprint was discovered on a 15 mile stretch of the Dampier Peninsula coastline, dubbed 'Australia's Jurassic Park', on Monday. The footprint fossil assemblage contains 21 different types of dinosaur tracks, making it one of the most diverse in the world.