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Animal of the Week


ANIMAL OF THE WEEK


So I was looking at my blog and just staring at it in all my vanity. I was thinking, wow, something needs to change, my blog is just sitting here rotting like this. I didn’t know what to change, and I liked how my blog looked, I just wanted something different. I tried doing a 2nd blog of the week… I didn’t feel it. I wasn’t into it. I didn’t want to do it. I deleted the post quickly, and then I just sat there unsatisfied. Then, I had an idea. Something new. Something different. Something I wanted to do. Rather than showcase various blogs, why not show off what my blog has done from the beginning; the animals. I decided that what I needed to do was add a segment to my blog called “Animal of the Week.” Basically, an animal will be chosen every Friday to be showcased on my blog. It will be chosen upon through various means; whether it be by polls, my own choice or some other way I haven’t yet thought of. This whole operation is multi-purposeful. It is to keep my blog constantly effervescing, growing, and changing, all the while keeping me interested in my own blog. The other reason for me doing this is to help create awareness. Even in the slightest amount to my 1500 followers. I want people to realize they aren’t the only beings alive, not the only ones that exist, not the only ones that will continue to exist; not the only ones that matter. Hundreds of animals go extinct every year. Most of the time it happens at the hand of the human race. The international extinction rate is 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than it would naturally be had humans never existed. We literally carry the world in our hands. We can doom it, or we can save it. I wish to bring awareness to the plight of these beautiful animals in which so graciously share their world with us. If I do recall, they were here first. Every day there will be an Animal of the Week Fun Fact of the Day, in which I share random tid-bits of information on the Animal of the Week. I will also post an Animal of the Week Picture of the Day, every single day as well. The animals that are chosen will all be endangered species. If you have a suggestion for an endangered animal you wish to see in a possible poll, a question, or just wanted to comment, message me. Those of you who actually read all this, thank you.


Yours truly,
Giraffe in a Tree


Animal of the Week special: The Great Apes


Every single species of great ape is classified as endangered or critically endangered with the exception of humans and 2 species of gibbon, one of which hasn’t been studied enough to have a determined level of endangerment, the other classified as vulnerable, simply a step below endangered.

Of the endangered great apes, of those whom we are very closely related, of which there is a striking resemblance, of those that share 97% of our DNA, those that are capable of complex feelings and intelligence, the following are endangered or critically endangered

  • 2/2 species of Gorillas: the Western Gorilla and the Eastern Gorilla
  • 2/2 species of Chimpanzee: the Common Chimpanzee and the Bonobo
  • 2/2 species of Orangutan: the Bornean Orangutan and the Sumatran Orangutan
  • 15/17 species of Gibbon: the Lar Gibbon, the Malaysian Lar Gibbon, the Carpenter’s Lar Gibbon, the Central Lar Gibbon, the Sumatran Lar Gibbon, the Yunnan Lar Gibbon, the Bornean White-bearded Gibbon, the Agile Gibbon, the Müller’s Bornean Gibbon, the Müller’s Gray Gibbon, the Abbott’s Gray Gibbon, the Northern Gray Gibbon, the Silvery Gibbon, the Western Silvery Gibbon, the Eastern Silvery Gibbon, the Pileated Gibbon, the Kloss’s Gibbon, the Western Hoolock Gibbon, the Siamang, the Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, the Black Crested Gibbon, the Eastern Black Crested Gibbon, the Hainan Black Crested Gibbon, the Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon, and the Southern White-Cheeked Gibbon
  • 0/1 species of Human

Of the hominids (great apes excluding the Gibbons) left on this Earth, 7,000,000,000 (7 billion) of them are humans, while the rest combined, add up to a mere 400,000. For every 1 non-Human hominid/great ape there are 17,500 humans. Soon, there won’t be an ape left on Earth.

Now, there are things you can do.

First off you can sign any of these petitions, free of charge

Here, you can read about the cruel torture these apes are exposed to as test subjects in the United States, and what you can do to stop it.

Places where you can donate some money (which is desperately needed, as money is sadly the best and sometimes the only way to bring about change)

So now it’s up to YOU to do something. Bring about the necessary change to save these primates that desperately need your help if they are to survive. Be the catalyst for change. Make something happen. Save a life, however wild that life is, it’s just as important as yours.


Animal of the Week Hall of Fame


The West African Giraffe



The Green Sea Turtle



The Amur Leopard



The Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo



The Japanese Crane



The San Francisco Garter Snake



The Przewalski’s Horse



To view all Animal of the Week pictures, simply click here.

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