NEWS: New Animal in Borneo? But I Need My Palm Oil!

CULTURE: New Animal in Borneo? But I Need My Palm Oil!

World Wildlife Fund researchers have been tracking, and hope to trap, a "mysterious carnivore" on Borneo.

Yeah, it's not Bigfoot or anything, but it's still pretty damn cool.

What's NOT cool is this:

Down with unknown species!
Up with palm oil plantations!

Fucking idiots.

The same WWF that ruined the corporate leviathan of my childhood? Pfffeh, thanks but no thanks.

Is there a serious need for palm oil I am not aware of? I am no expert, but this must have an influence on palm oil futures. Maybe I should go short on it.

Just deleted my double post. Sorry.

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Welcome to the world of conservation. To quote a lecturer of mine:

"What truely makes a decadent society is when they place more value of economy than ecology, when material wealth as opposed to natural wealth is more important to the people".

material wealth is expendable, natural wealth is not.

Alas Palm Oil is used in almost all liquid soaps along with hundreds of other products. its a very lucrative industry especially for a country like Indonesia.

Don't forget the Grizzly Bear is almost as Endangered... any US senators like to voice objection to the gun nuts shooting the lot of them?

EDIT: Inspite of my cynicism, I am very pleased that this species has been discovered, if they can capture a good number of them then they may be able to conserve them in zoo conditions, not idillic but at least they won't be extinct.

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Images are copyright U.S. Newswire Photography.
(they made me say that)

[Edited on Dec 07, 2005 11:26PM]

I bet in a week Paris Hilton will have one as a pet.

please let it be a chupacabra!

Its almost like a Lemur.

Fucking hell. How can people be so damn infuriating and stupid and fucking just....ugh.

PALM OIL PLANTATION?



I need to make sure I don't have anything with palm oil in it.

The animal discovery is awesome, but a bit soured by everything else.

Oh there is a new animal! Let's destroy it's habitat (along with the habitat of a bunch of other animals and plants)!

And the trapping thing, I don't like the sound of that either. I mean I know it's to "confirm the discovery" and all, but ... *sigh*

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pavlovsdog said:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

spoiler tags help me not have nightmares.

That's going to be tricky. Palm Oil is in a lot more than you might think. Cosmetics, bathroom related products, a wide range of processed food. It was covered in something I saw about the loss of habitat for orangutans, which have got to be one the worlds all time wonderful creatures.

We are the earth's 6th mass extinction event

we shouldve never come down from the trees........*sigh*

One of the reasons I hate most big business's like that.

It has the potential to be very cute and cuddly, that may very well save it.

Me too. I got really excited that they found a tiny brontosaurus in the rainforest.

Well fuck.

If I had seen the picture really small instead of like this, that would have been my first reaction, too. I love the long-necked dinosaurs.

Yeah, I was just reading about this guy. Some people think it may be an animal previously thought to be extinct.

They have higher resolution pictures at the WWF site I linked in the article.
Same pics, just much bigger ... if you want a better look.