Summary:
Recently, they have discovered a new type of monkey in the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Studies have shown that there are only about 250 of them left because of the deforestation occurring in the forest. If this continues then they will go extinct within the time of less than one year. Most scientists had heard of this monkey but had never actually made the discover of it because there's so many animals in the forest. It is now called the Caquetá monkey because it was able to make it's way to habitats through the Caquetá river. When the discovery was made, head of science at Conservation International in Colombia and president of the Colombian Association of Zoology, José Vicente Rodrígue, stated "This discovery is particulary important becayse it reminds of that we should celebrate the diversity of Earth but also we much take action now to preserve it."
Opinion:
I definitely think that if people don't think about what they're doing, most of the animals in the Amazon Rainforest are going to begin becoming endangered and/or become extinct. Much of the oxygen that we have on Earth comes from the forest. And much of the diversity of animals resides in the Amazon. The people working on it are destroying everything. Knowing that there's only about 250 of these monkeys left is devastating to me. I definitely think that people should more to try and change it.
Questions:
1. What do you think people can do to make a difference?
2. What can be done to help the monkeys?
3. How do you think that these monkeys were discovered after so long?
4. Why do you think that no one is taking charge for this?
5. Why do you think that so much deforestation is occuring?
1. Well, one thing people can do is to try and stop or slow down the deforestation in the forests. It is occuring at a rapid spped so we could propbably slow it down a knotch. And I know for a fact that it isn't effecting just the Red Beared monkey but the rest of the animals in the forest.
ReplyDelete2. We could breed the monkeys. If we breed the monkeys they will be safe and they will be able to create a larger population so that they do not go extinct.
3. I think were discovered after so long because of the thick brush and variety of animals in the forests. The thick brush makes the forests hard to find things and since there is such a large variety of animals there is probably another animal that looks just like this monkey.
4. I think no body is taking charge in this because there is such little knowledge of this monkey. Because of this small knowledge people probably are unaware of what is occuring to these monkeys.
5. There is much deforestation occuring becasue the timber industry is large and has high demand. Imagine of of the things that we use timber for our homes and building of other buildings. This takes lots of timber to make a large thing like this.
Answers to questions- Curtis Sumner
ReplyDelete1. We could make a petition, or a rally, to protest the deforestation. Or, another thing that we could do is put some sort of protective barrier around the remainder of the forest. The only problem that this will cause is that the people cutting it down need another job to support themselves and/or their families, so we need to find them new jobs as well.
2. We could continue with what the zoo is doing, and breed the monkeys in a safer environment, then release them into the wild. I would guess that they are already on the Endangered species list, but if they aren't, then we should definitely put them on that list.
3. There are so many species of plants and animals that it would take decades to find and record all of them. Most people would see this as an impossible challenge, and wouldn't even try. Someone probably came across the monkey by mistake.
4. Who would take charge? The Amazon Rainforest spreads over many countries in South America, so it's like trying to become King of the World- they never know which country should actually lead.
5. People down there might naturally assume that, like water, there is a lot of space in the rainforest, so taking down a few trees won't make any difference. And they'd be wrong, but one of the other reasons is the developing world; the world population is increasing rapidly, and so we naturally need more space. Because the rainforest covers a lot of that precious space, people want to cut it down to build homes and stores for profit.