What are the Consequences of Rainforest Destruction in Borneo? By: Jessica – 9B Introduction The forests of Borneo are one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth and home to various rainforest species such as orangutans‚ clouded leopards and pygmy elephants. Nevertheless‚ many tropical areas around the world‚ similar to these treasured rainforests‚ are being cut and degraded for timber‚ palm oil‚ pulp‚ rubber‚ minerals‚ and other materials. The action of deforestation is prompt to endanger
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connect to or give away the story‚ thus‚ it foreshadows the events to come. Pi is the son of a zookeeper so he is aware of how animals react to different situations and how animals‚ even if they seem cute‚ can kill a human if they wanted‚ such as an orangutan. From this‚ the reader can see that the writer will be most concerned about the way animals behave for the remainder novel. The setting thus far is in Toronto‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ and the timeframe is present day. Though for the first part of the novel
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------------------------------------------------- Alternate Ending As Pi gazed upon the once glorious pelt of Richard Parker‚ he realized his time had come. After 226 long days at sea‚ stranded‚ he was slowly going insane. Every ray of the sun seemed to penetrate further and further into his absent minded thoughts. The water beneath him that had once brought him such joy‚ only reminded him of the darkness that lurked in its depths. The fins of sharks sliced through the ripples of water every so
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The Life Of Pi by Yann Martel I.SETTING The story is initially set in India in the late 1990’s. The author has traveled to Pondicherry‚ a coastal town in the former French territory of India‚ which joined Independent India in 1954. The territory of Pondicherry still has many French citizens‚ as well as an unusually wide variety of churches/places of worship. The author then travels to Canada to interview Pi Patel‚ the narrator of the story‚ but little of the actual story is set there‚ save
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A group of scientists lead by Biren Patel have recently found a partial mandible of an ancient primate related to lemurs. Scientists have named the new species Ramadapis sahnii and claim that it existed 11 to 14 million years ago‚ and is a member of the early primate family Sivaladapidae. Analysis of the jawbone shows that the species consumed leaves and was approximately the same size as a house cat‚ or to a modern day lemur. This discovery is important to the scientific community as with this discovery
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taste to "completely rotten‚ mushy onions." c. This strong odour can be detected half a mile away by animals‚ thus luring them. In addition‚ the fruit is extremely appetising to a variety of animals‚ including squirrels‚ mouse deer‚ pigs‚ orangutan‚ elephants‚ and even carnivorous tigers d. Durians from different
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and became friends. In Life of Pi‚ Pi and his family go on a boat to Canada with lots of animals to move their zoo. The ship that Pi and his family are on starts to sink and Pi jumps into a life raft. A few days later he discovers he has a tiger‚ orangutan‚ hyena and a zebra has got onto Pi’s life raft and Pi starts to communicate with the animals because he was he only human on the life raft. In
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Throughout the novel Life of Pi the author Yann Martel uses the colour orange to symbolize the major themes of both‚ hope and survival. Reference to the colour orange is made in the description of both the zoo animals that are apart of Pi’s world and the inert objects that are used by Pi in his struggle to survive. It is no coincidence that the colour orange was chosen‚ this essay will outline some of these examples and how they relate to the themes of hope and survival. Firstly‚ Yann Martel uses
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Orangutans‚ who eat more leaves than all the other specimens that Ungar and Kay analyzed‚ had a shearing quotient that was higher than them as well. This is definite proof that shows shearing crest development being shaped by dietary habits of living hominins
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they accompany the wild animals on board the ship on their journey to the new zoos in North America. The ship sinks and Pi finds himself the only human survivor onboard a life raft that contains‚ rather remarkably‚ a zebra‚ a large motherly orangutan‚ a frenzied hyena and... a 450 pound Bengal tiger. Of course‚ the law of nature eventually rules and Pi ends up as the tiger’s last remaining occupant. He must use all his knowledge of zoology and animal behaviour to create boundaries and survive
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