Will Orangutans be Extinct by 2023?
(Assuming, of course, I get the go ahead from jespah
)
Orangutans
Orangutans will not become extinct if bred in captivity. Wild orangutans are expected to be gone by 2023.
http://eces.org/ec/extinction/orangutan.shtml
BumbleBeeBoogie
BBB, that was a great huge find. Following is a brief quote and link I had initially used to create the question:
National Geographics wrote:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0930_030930_orangutanthreat.html#main
It is quite disturbing, next question please
BTW, for those not in the know, orang-(h)utan means "man of the forest".
How did the Boomerang get its name?
How did the Boomerang get its name and what does it mean?
Wilson
Wilson, your info is a good start in answering the question, but its not the final answer. Keep searching.
I chose this question because there is so much myth connected to the Boomerang name that I thought it would make an interesting search for the actual name and its meaning.
BumbleBeeBoogie
Ever seen a hunting stick thrown? It just keeps going, and going, and going.
You must give a link proving your answer, too!
Hey, are we gonna move on, or keep returning to this boomerang thing? :wink:
Well since it was iffy, does anybody accept my answer?
If you do, I'll go on.
The boomerang answer
I can't provide the link to the following info because it contains personal information from another forum. My Aussie friend, an astronomer in Oz did the additional research for me.
"BOOMERanG is a perfectly respectable scientific instrument, and by no
means a name invented by me, but by some chaps at CalTech, I think.
It's an acronym for Balloon Observations Of Millimetric Extragalactic
Radiation ANd Geophysics. If you think it looks like they set up
the name to get the acronym on purpose, you're probably right.
It seems every new astronomical instrument or idea needs to have a cool
acronym for a name these days (thus astronomical instruments BEAST,
COBRA, SUSI, MAX and the list goes on; and new concept names WIMPs
MACHOS, GUTs, TOE). It really gets quite silly, as you can see.
And as to the more usual boomerangs, it appears that most ancient
cultures used at some time or other a curved throwing stick, which if
thrown well, would return to the thrower. So it must be a relatively
easily deduced concept for bright sparks amongst ancient hunters.
The australian version seems fixed in the worlds view of returning
throwing sticks probably because the australian aboriginal peoples
were still using them most recently, when everywhere else in the
world they passed out of popular use many centuries ago."
Oh, THAT Boomerang!
Well, I guess you get to go again!
fealola
fealola, sneaky rascal ain't I?
BumbleBeeBoogie
I'll be on guard next time!!
From the Nile to Lake Moeris to the pyramids
From the Nile to Lake Moeris to the pyramids: an invention
BumbleBeeBoogie
Do you mean a canal or an artificial lake?
http://www.exclassics.com/martyrdom/martc11.htm
PS Bill - I haven't square-danced since 6th grade, I think.
Belonged to a square dance club for a couple of years. My forever and I had a ball.
