Primate Conservation Slide
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- Title Slide: The Primates - Conservation of Endangered
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- Adult male orangutan climbs low in the trees in a tropical
rain forest. - go to
- Same sequence -- orangutan is now suspended by all four limbs
between the trees. - go
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- Map -- Primate Habitats (Areas in red indicate current
non-human primate habitats.) - go
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- Question slide: How Do Primates Use Their Habitats? -
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- Graphic: Water - Food - Shelter - Space - go
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- Small monkey with white "spectacles" at rest, stretched out on
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- A group of monkeys sits high in a bare tree. - go
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- Tree tops with nest in top center screen. - go
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- Monkey eating piece of fruit supports herself against a tree
trunk with feet, one arm and a tail (visible at top near hand). -
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- Very small monkey with reddish head clings to a tree trunk.
Notice beads of sap on tree. - go
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- Close up of buffy-headed marmoset feeding. - go
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- A monkey with a red face and hairless head chewing on a stem.
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- A large male silverback gorilla surrounded by vegetation. -
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- A young mountain gorilla feeds on a piece of bamboo. -
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- Monkeys feeding in stone courtyard. - go
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- Human hands food to a monkey. - go
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- View of a forest floor. Most is shaded, but there is an
obvious spot of sunlight. - go
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- Houses built between a forest and a river; laundry hangs on
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- Fallen trees in foreground; equipment used for moving logs is
visible in background. - go
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- Clear cut area in foreground. Some trees are visible in the
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- Human with backpack in foreground looks at remnant of forest
left after logging. - go
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- A forest in Borneo. In foreground shorter, younger trees;
mature trees in background. - go
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- Aerial view of unlogged Bornean rain forest. - go
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- Aerial view of once-forested African high land. - go
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- Partially forested hillside, with clear signs of erosion. -
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- A group of hamadryas baboons feeding on the ground. -
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- Agricultural scene -- in the foreground a human herder with
cattle; in the background a hillside covered with crops. -
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- An African farm. The human habitat of buildings and fields
surrounds a small patch of forest. - go
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- Bare trees and grasses. - go
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- Title Slide: Human Threats to Primates - Habitat
Destruction - Capture - Killing - go
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- A young South American monkey is pulled along the ground on a
leash. - go to
- Two monkeys, killed by African hunters, hang from a tree
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- A zoo enclosure. A group of ring-tailed lemurs (center,
foreground) on an island surrounded by a moat. - go
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- While a crowd watches, rhesus macaques climb and forage in a
rock and cement covered area. - go
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- Another zoo enclosure. A large wooden climbing structure
surrounded by a mesh roof and fence. Several langurs are visible.
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- Title Slide: What is being done to help? - go
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- Mother and infant gibbon living in a zoo. - go
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- Mother lowland gorilla with young infant. - go
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- Two small monkeys with reddish fur sitting on a tree branch.
Photo taken in a Brazilian nature preserve. - go
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- Lion tamarin feeding in a tree. - go
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- Title Slide: Some Goals of Conservation Programs -
Education - Habitat and Species Preservation - Captive Breeding
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- Group of mountain gorillas, including two silverback males,
relaxing in a forest clearing. - go
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- Mountains rising out of the clouds. - go
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- Map -- Mountain Gorilla Range (in red) - go
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- In the foreground, gorillas sit amidst flowers. Fields and
buildings are visible in the background. - go
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- Body of a mountain gorilla. The head and arms have been cut
off. - go to
- Gorilla infant held by human. - go
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- Forest floor with snare partially hidden. - go
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- Closeup of mountain gorilla's hand with swollen and deformed
fingers. - go to
- The body of gorilla is tied to a wooden frame being carried by
park rangers. - go
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- In the foreground a group of tourists watch a group of
mountain gorillas, including a large silverback male in center. -
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- A scientist (Amy Vedder) sits near some of the mountain
gorillas she is studying. - go
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- A black monkey, with mouth open, sits in a tree. - go
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- Map -- Black Howler Monkey Range (in red) - go
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- View from the air -- a curving river with forests along the
edge and cleared areas in foreground and background. - go
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- A forest in Belize. - go
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- Partially deforested farm land. - go
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- A farmer stands on his porch and talks to a bearded scientist
(Robert Horwich). - go
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- A group of farmers sit on a bench while they sign the
conservation agreement. - go
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- A scientist watches monkeys through his binoculars. -
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- Three humans stand under the protected trees and look for
monkeys. - go to
- A local resident talking to a group of visitors. - go
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- A black howler monkey calls from high in the trees. -
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- School children on a field trip. - go
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- Inside the museum, young visitors examine a display on the
reptiles who live in the same area as the howler monkeys. -
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- Children in the museum look at the mounted skeleton of a
howler monkey. - go
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- Closeup of a howler monkey. - go
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- Title slide: What Can You Do? - go
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- A lowland gorilla gazes into the future. - go
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- Production Credits - go
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- Funding Credit - go
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