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Golden Silkworm ( Cricula trifenestrata )

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This Golden Cocoon produce by Silkworm ( Cricula trifenestrata ), but a single species in this world that produce the golden silk floss. This Silkworm ( Cricula trifenestrata ) live in Hutan Karang Tengah at Kabupaten Bantul, DI Yogyakarta. Geographical range. Indian Subregion to Philippines, Sulawesi and Java For the first time villagers has a assumption that the silkworm is a bug, that bald their plant so they exterminate by frying them as delicious food. Understanding of a situation the villagers in Hutan Karang tengah live in poverty. The Silkworm Cultivation have beneficial to villagers. 2 Kg of golden silk has cost estimating about US$ 200 , that a local price in Yogyakarta, it that product has been export to foreign countries, maybe it multiply third times from the local price. The Silkworm Cultivation has a great benefit to reduce global warming that threaten our planet :)

Orangutan

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Orangutan means "Forest Man". orang meaning "person" and "hutan" or "utan" meaning "forest". They have long arms and reddish-brown hair. according to wikipedia.org, orangutan distribution as a picture below They spread in Indonesia , at Borneo and Sumatra Island unfortunately this animal habitation is threaten by illegal trees felling. It's very dangerous if orangutan lives among the trees. They build the nest the trees, they combine leaves to make a braided leaves, and they eat most plant including the jungle fruit. The arms of an orangutan are twice as long as their legs, it make easier when they swing among the trees, orangutan walk like human. Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Mammalia Order : Primates Family : Hominidae Subfamily : Ponginae Elliot , 1912 Genus : Pongo Lacépède, 1799