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Original Letter*: 7 May
1999
Update: 6 July 1999
Update: 14 November 1999
Press Release from Dr. Carel van Schaik,
June 1999
Report
on Illegal Logging in Indonesia by EIA
Suggested reading regarding orangutans at Suaq Balimbing
Information
on Indonesian Wildlife and National Parks
European Union Forest Liaison
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Orangutan Audio Files
Click on filenames for small files (low-quality mono
.WAV files).
All were recorded in the Leuser Ecosystem, on the island
of Sumatra, Aceh Province, Indonesia. All orangutans are wild Pongo
pygmaeus abelii.
Audio clips are property of Michelle Merrill. All rights
reserved. Please contact me for permission to use, via e-mail (mym1@NOSPAMduke.edu)
or phone 831-234-0898.
| file name |
duration |
description |
site
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orangutan |
date recorded |
time recorded
(approx)
|
| oulcagus
small 431KB
|
40s |
long-call with birds
and other forest sounds (pulses and some bubbles) |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Agus
(adult male) |
25-Jun-99 |
12:00
PM |
|
ouagusbub small 420KB
|
39s |
bubbles at end of long
call (overlaps with previous) |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Agus
(adult male) |
25-Jun-99 |
12:00
PM |
ouksagus3
small 352KB |
32s |
forest sounds, kiss-squeak,
movement, kiss-squeak |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Agus
(adult male) |
25-Jun-99 |
11:52
AM |
ouksptr2
small 245KB |
22s |
forest sounds and chainsaws,
kiss-squeak @ 6s, 16s |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Peter
(juvenile male) |
20-Jun-99 |
11:06
AM |
ouksptr1
small 118KB |
10s |
forest sounds and chainsaws,
kiss-squeak @ 5s |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Peter
(juvenile male) |
20-Jun-99 |
11:06
AM |
oulc5caca
small 431KB |
40s |
long call, forest sounds
and chainsaws |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Caca
(pronounced "cha-cha", adult male) |
13-Jun-99 |
3:17
PM |
ouksadtf5
small 190KB |
17s |
series of kiss-squeaks,
forest sounds |
Suaq
Balimbing |
unidentified
adult female |
12-Jun-99 |
11:40
AM |
|
ouchnsaw
small 119KB
|
11s |
loud chainsaw (preparing
timber) |
Suaq
Balimbing |
n/a |
20-Jun-99 |
9:20
AM |
outreefl
small 191KB |
17s |
chainsaw, forest noises,
sound of tree falling |
Suaq
Balimbing |
n/a |
17-Jun-99 |
9:15
AM |
ouks2
small 145KB |
13s |
forest sounds, quiet
kiss-squeak @ 3s |
Ketambe |
unidentified
juvenile male |
18-May-99
|
1:35
PM |
ouksdio2
small 431KB |
40s |
forest sounds, chainsaws
and series of kiss-squeaks |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Dio
(sub-adult, unflanged male) |
25-Jun-99 |
4:52
PM |
ouksdio1
small 431KB |
40s |
forest sounds, chainsaws,
and series of kiss-squeaks, movement sounds |
Suaq
Balimbing |
Dio
(sub-adult, unflanged male) |
25-Jun-99 |
4:52
PM |
These sounds were recorded as part of my field research project
to study orangutan cultures, tool use and social learning by comparing
the Suaq Balimbing and Ketambe populations. My research was funded
by the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation and the National Science Foundation.
Thanks to my assistant, Nuzuar S. Hut, who took most of the video
from which these audio samples were extracted.
An ill-conceived plan to build roads through the Leuser
Ecosystem now threatens to fragment and disrupt remaining orangutan
habitat.
A petition
to the World Bank Group is now online.
Note to media: I have Hi8 and betacam video
of orangutans and illegal logging in Leuser Ecosystem that can be
made available, photos of the orangutans and the forest, and I'm available
to give a personal account of the region based on my work there in
1999. Please contact me via e-mail (mym1@NOSPAMduke.edu)
or phone 831-234-0898.
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