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Orangutans (great apes that live in Sumatra and Borneo) use umbrellas! They pluck big leaves off the trees and hold them over their heads to protect themselves from heavy rainfall.


Tigers, pandas, minke whales make 'most-wanted' list


Tigers, pandas, minke whales make 'most-wanted' list
The World Wide Fund for Nature has released its annual list of the 10 species most wanted for survival, just one month before the 11th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora in Nairobi, Africa. All species on the list are at risk of extinction through illegal multi-billion-dollar global trade. Along with tigers, pandas and minke whales, the list mentions the hawksbill sea turtle, Sumatran rhinoceros, Tibetan antelope, Asian box turtle, Javon pangolin anteater, Asian ginseng plant and horned parakeet.
24 MARCH 2000
The Vancouver Sun
24 MARCH 2000

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