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<< Back If you guessed LEMURS, you are correct! I am pleased to say that the month of July signified the completion of, "LEMURS: Tails From The Canopy". This 25 minute educational video is litteraly filled with fact after interesting fact on the remarkable lemurs of Madagascar. With the help of my co-host Rachel Rogers, we both take the audience on an educational voyage of the Sanctuary's four resident species of lemur. This video will inform its viewers in great detail a tremendous assortment of facts on the incredibly beautiful Black & White Ruffed Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur, Ring-tailed Lemur and the sexually dimorphic Black Lemur. It is our intention to make these videos available to the School System to really drive home the importance of Global conservation. With this in mind, we have a multi page curriculum to go along with the video to help teachers plan out their lesson plans. I would like to thank Mr. Stephen Nash of Conservation International for providing Tiger Homes with his wonderful illustrations that are included in the curriculum. Stephen has been a friend of mine for many years now and I think you will find his artwork absolutely amazing. His artwork is so detailed and anatomically accurate that he is the official Wildlife Illustrator for Conservation International. His artwork can be seen in almost every primate conservation journal, World Wildlife Fund posters and even the lemur reference guide, "Lemurs of Madagascar". A remarkable honor was recently placed on Stephen, a new species of primate was described (discovered) and was named after him. Callicebus stephennashi, a small 25-ounce primate discovered in Brazil's central Amazon basin. Stephen is one of a handful of living humans to have a species of primate named after him. An interesting little known fact that I find very interesting is that there are 310 different species of monkeys (not prosimians) living in the world and Brazil has 95 of them endemic (more then any other country) and maybe more that we have not discovered yet. It all goes back to what I have always said, "We have to protect natural habitats and ecosystems, for this is the only way to ensure the vastly interconnected thing we call 'life' can continue". Everything in nature is somehow connected to everything else. Sooner or later if we are not careful we are going to wipe out the one brick that holds everything up. Sure it is nice to try to save the pretty and cute critters; but just as important is that ugly scorpion and razor toothed shark! Heck! I'm sure none of you love having roaches around? Well if it were not for the scorpions, spiders, lizards or who knows what; your house would be over run with them! Like having rats and mice? Well we better start protecting the Birds of Prey, snakes, weasels and wolves. What about the importance of protecting plants? The future of so many present and future drugs and medicine is in the balance. Not may of you know, but my own life was spared as a result of a drug called Vincristine created from an extract of the Periwinkle plant. Another great example of how nature is intertwined would be in the case of a small Amazon Poison Dart Frog. This 1 inch bright yellow frog has enough venom secreted from its skin to kill 10 adult humans. What most of you don't know is that scientist have isolated a property from the frogs potent poison that is ten times stronger then Morphine in fighting pain with no addictive properties. But guess what? To date no one understands exactly how this remarkable frog gets it toxic properties. All we know is that it is the result of the frog eating an unknown insect that in turn eats an unknown plant species. All I am saying is that everyone on a GLOBAL level better do their part to save nature! The future of every species depends on it, including ours! I would like to take a moment out to personally thank Nate
Scripture and Rachel Rogers. David and I are extremely grateful
for your involvement in our project and faith in our educational
goals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story by: Jason and David |
