Primate Conservation
The conservation of primates and their habitat is a point of major concern for many environmentalists, zoologists and even regular people that have an interest and/or passion for maintaining and sustaining wildlife. There is a litany of different reasons for primates and their conservation status being in danger and those will be covered in this report. Whether it be over-harvesting, habitat destruction or other things, there are many things happening at the same time that are creating a confluence of crisis for primates. While many primates are safe in zoos and other conservation areas, many other primates are seeing their habitat and way of sustaining themselves disappear.
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As described by the University of Michigan, there are many things that come, go and otherwise changes in this world. In most cases, what happens years from now is just a different combination or version of what is already going on. However, that is really not the case with conservation. When an area is laid to waste for development or is depleted of its natural resources or terrain (e.g. strip mining), the damage is often very slow to heal or it can even be permanent. Because of all of this, anywhere from a third to a half of all primates are endangered at this time. The overall estimate is roughly forty-two percent of all primate species. What happens (or does not happen) to those species will most likely be decided with at least some finality within the next generation...
Primate Behavior Research There can be big differences in the messages from a scholarly, or scientific, article and a main stream, or non-scientific article. The titles and the messages written in the articles can give readers entirely different meanings. The original article may state the study was done one way, but the main stream article tries to write in layman terms and may miss the entire meaning, or the way the
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