You extinction rebels seem to be ignoring the demise of the apostrophe.
A recent report from the ,the Guvvermunt has announced there is a strong possibility that there will a shortage of apostrophes if global warming continues at its present rate. A guvverment official has asked people not to panic buy apostrophes and remain calm. Contingency plans are being put into place to use commas if apostrophes do run out.
Bugger the whales..SAVE OUR APOSTROPHES NOW!

Bakerman I feel you are mistaking Orang-utans for Chimpanzees

Orang-utans do not reproduce quickly at all a female orangutan does not reach sexual maturity until between the ages of 10-15 years .- they do in fact have the slowest reproduction rates of all primates .
They live solitary lives they don’t live in pairs coming together only for mating .
A baby Orang-utan is completely helpless ( I have seen these and held them they are just like a human baby )
It nurses with its mother for three years but stays with her until about ages about seven.
Orangutans only live in certain parts of the tropical rainforest in Borneo and part of Sumatra .
They could not live on an island ( as do Chimpanzees )as they need the rainforest .
Unfortunately the rainforest is being increasingly destroyed for logging and palm oil.
( nothing lives in a Palm oil plantation they are devoid of life.

I only know these things because I lived in Borneo for many years .

And I believe in having the good manners not to derail someone else’s topic .

Oooooh!

And I believe in having the good manners not to derail someone else’s topic .

I only meant that compared to the Panda Bear, Orangutans are fast reproducers.

I disagree with you about where Orangutans could live. Thousands of the uninhabited islands in and around Borneo/Sumatra/Indonesia/Philippines are indeed rain forests.

In any event Borneo/Sumatra ARE islands.

It’s not YOUR topic, it’s OUR topic

I have flown and sailed across the Atlantic several times, and to even see another ship is rare. Six days to cruise across and not a sight of anything except ocean and the occasional whale or dolphin. Considering the Earth is 71% ocean, that certainly is a lot of empty space. Siberia is a wasteland and uninhabited by nothing but a few odd locals. The interior of Australia is made up of the outback with the main population situated around the edges. Patagonia in South America is virtually human free, and even North America contains hundreds of miles of desert and wild country. Places like Alaska are virtually uninhabited, as is anything above 60 degree latitude line, but still being covered in thousands of square miles of forests and mountains (the lungs of the world) The rainforests of Brazil in comparison, are very small.

In fact, of the remaining 29% of the earth's surface, 27% is covered by mountains, impenetrable jungle/forests and desert. So no sign of man's existence there then....
Apart from the odd dry stone wall at low levels, I have even walked/run all day on the North Yorks moors here in England and didn't see another soul. And the vast mountainous regions of Scotland go on forever with not a sign of human existence. We [the human race] are actually huddled around just the remaining 2% with the UK occupying just 0.21% of the earth's surface but with a helluva lot more people per square mile than most places.

Could it be that as the polar ice caps are melting, people living in the 'fast becoming desert' regions could perhaps move there?
Apart from the enormous size of this planet, that the 'Save the Planet crackpots' fail to understand, they also fail to understand that we are in fact 'part of nature' and at the moment are flourishing, but that won't always be the case. Nature is a great leveler, and just like the dinosaurs and dodo, we will also become extinct, when the food and oil run out, and there is not a thing any of us can do about it, so enjoy it while it lasts....

Sorry to have to go back several pages (so many questions and so little time...) to reply to this post Muddy, but it's been on my mind since I read it......

I have flown and sailed across the Atlantic several times, and to even see another ship is rare. Six days to cruise across and not a sight of anything except ocean and the occasional whale or dolphin. Considering the Earth is 71% ocean, that certainly is a lot of empty space. Siberia is a wasteland and uninhabited by nothing but a few odd locals. The interior of Australia is made up of the outback with the main population situated around the edges. Patagonia in South America is virtually human free, and even North America contains hundreds of miles of desert and wild country. Places like Alaska are virtually uninhabited, as is anything above 60 degree latitude line, but still being covered in thousands of square miles of forests and mountains (the lungs of the world) The rainforests of Brazil in comparison, are very small.

In fact, of the remaining 29% of the earth's surface, 27% is covered by mountains, impenetrable jungle/forests and desert. So no sign of man's existence there then....

Apart from the odd dry stone wall at low levels, I have even walked/run all day on the North Yorks moors here in England and didn't see another soul. And the vast mountainous regions of Scotland go on forever with not a sign of human existence. We [the human race] are actually huddled around just the remaining 2% with the UK occupying just 0.21% of the earth's surface but with a helluva lot more people per square mile than most places.

Could it be that as the polar ice caps are melting, people living in the 'fast becoming desert' regions could perhaps move there?
Apart from the enormous size of this planet, that the 'Save the Planet crackpots' fail to understand, they also fail to understand that we are in fact 'part of nature' and at the moment are flourishing, but that won't always be the case. Nature is a great leveler, and just like the dinosaurs and dodo, we will also become extinct, when the food and oil run out, and there is not a thing any of us can do about it, so enjoy it while it lasts....