A Dream for a Better World

The name of Douc langur comes into being due to the male douc langur’s butt which is with white triangle spots. Douc langur is one of the most colorful primates in the world. Male douc langurs are larger than female ones. Body length of the animal is about 61cm to 76cm and tail length ranges from 56cm to 76cm. Douc langur weighs about 7kg to 10kg. Most hairs on the body of douc langur are grey and black and its face is yellow with a lap of sparse white hairs. There is a black circle around the animal’s eyes. The long tail and the triangle butt of douc langurs are also white color. People could find two round spots on the upper part of male douc langur’s butt but female ones do not have the feature. Douc langurs mainly live in tropical forest. They always stay in the trees and rarely come down. Douc langur often come out at daytime and move around canopy of trees. Unlike many creatures, douc langurs never drink water. Douc langurs mainly live on leaves, buds as well as fruits. The animal is good at jumping with elegant action. Generally speaking, it can jump about 6m. Douc langur is a kind of social animal and there are about 10 douc langurs in a group. Occasionally, some small families could stay as a big family temporarily. Among the groups, we can see female douc langurs often help male ones to comb hairs to improve relationship.
Douc langurs scatter in some southeast countries such as Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia etc. In Hainan province of China, people have also traced them. Hainan island is a small area and douc langurs there have mysterious behavior. In addition, the quantity is quite small. Therefore, people have little knowledge about the animal. In the year 1893, a person from a natural museum in Germany said that they obtained a specimen of douc langur in 1882. Since then, people have never found the animal in Hainan for about 100 years. During recent years, experts in China have also tried to trace the animal but they end in vain. So people think that the animal has been extinct since 1882. Fortunately, people have found douc langurs in Vietnam. It is said that there are at least 116 douc langurs in the country. In Cambodia and Laos, people have also found the precious animal. It is estimated that there are no more than 1000 douc langurs in the world. As for those surviving, people think that maybe they do not encounter the threat of people’s hunting which always destroys other animals’ life. Even so, the living environment for douc langurs is still unsatisfactory. In the past, wars in Vietnam destroyed vast forest upon which douc langurs perched. Nowadays, in order to develop economy rapidly in the country, people have also replaced forest with farmland. Therefore, how to protect the ideal habitat of douc langurs is still a big problem. In addition, hunting and killing of the animal also can not stop completely. Douc langurs have a unknown future.

Proboscis monkey has a formal name called nasalis larvatus. The main and obvious feature of the proboscis monkey is the big nose. Its nose is long and big but people at present still do not know what the function is. As male proboscis monkey grows older and older, its nose also becomes bigger and bigger. When they are excited, their noses would erect up or shake up and down. That is very funny. However, nose of female proboscis monkey is quite normal. Male proboscis monkeys are much larger than female ones. Body length of male proboscis monkeys is usually about 75cm with the length of tail up to 75cm but the length of female ones is just 60cm. In addition, the weight of male proboscis monkeys is twice of that of female ones. Male proboscis monkeys also have another unique feature which is the big and inflated belly. Some people who do not have enough knowledge upon proboscis monkeys often consider male ones as pregnant female proboscis monkeys. Proboscis monkeys like living in groups and they also have their own leaders respectively. Generally speaking, 10 to 30 proboscis monkeys often consist of a group. Unlike many other animals, proboscis monkeys are choosy for food. So it is not quite easy for them to find food when various fruits on trees are not mature. Proboscis monkeys have to walk some miles to obtain enough food every day. Compared with other primates, proboscis monkeys eat much more because there are various microorganisms which could ferment food in the stomach.
Proboscis monkeys originate from Kalimantan Island located in southeast part of Asia. At present, the north part of Kalimantan Island belongs to Brunei and Malaysia while south part is a part of Indonesia. Many mosquitoes and sand flies live in the region so the living environment is not good. However, proboscis monkeys like the place very much for they can get enough food. Although the environment is bad, the habitat for proboscis monkeys still belongs to the region with the most dense population in Kalimantan Island. Some big cities and towns and most large agricultural area concentrate in the region. Therefore, most habitats of proboscis monkeys have been destroyed by forest degradation. In such circumstance, the survival of proboscis monkeys has been seriously threatened. Even though proboscis monkeys have been protected by laws, hunting and killing never stop. The animal also can not be fed by people. Otherwise, it would die within a week. Most proboscis monkeys scatter in the area which belongs to Indonesia and people have never made survey for the quantity. But in Brunei, Sarawak and Sabah, the number of proboscis monkeys has decreased rapidly. In order to protect the precious animal, a natural reserve with acreage of 60 square meters, was built in Sarawak. The natural reserve extends to forest and leads to the central land of Kalimantan Island. People have taken various measures to protect the remaining animal but people have to verify whether they have made some achievements or not.

As the economy develops rapidly, people also become more and more hypocrisy and cunning and it seems that all behaviors are related with interest. It is common that people produce counterfeit products to obtain high benefit and cheat consumers. But fake singles appearance also seems to be a kind of trend and fashion nowadays.
What is fake singles? Some people who have got married tell others that they are still single people for different purposes. Simply speaking, fake singles are liars because they do not tell people the truth. At present, two kinds of people are fake singles and they are celebrities and white-collar people. As for celebrities, they have many fans and if they openly acknowledge that they have got married, their fans may be envious and some bad accidents may occur. In addition, their private life maybe also badly disturbed by some journalists. Therefore, if they are fake singles for the above reasons, it is reasonable, isn’t it? However, some other super stars may have other purposes and tell people that they are fake singles. As for the fundamental reason, it is a puzzle for us and it is not necessary for us to know about it.
As for fake singles for white-collar people, it is very common in our life and some media often provide negative reports for people. Some people think that marriage is the privacy and they have the right to hide the marriage to get smooth career. A man, called Tom, was employed in a joint venture after times of interview and fierce competition but the company did not allow staff to get married within 3 years and colleagues could not fall in love. However, Tom loved the secretary in the company and they secretly got married. Unfortunately, their marriage was found out and both of them were fired. Then Tom worked in another company. Tom became the top staff in the company very soon because of his excellent ability. One day, his boss told him that a lady in the company was his daughter and he asked Tom to care about her. Next, he was often asked to go out for cinema and dance by the lady. Finally, Tom could not bear it and told the truth. The result was very obvious and he was fired again and his wife also misunderstood him so they divorced. Another man, Peter, worked in the enterprise sponsored by the government. Peter did not want the marriage to cause trouble for him so he did not tell his leader the truth and he even did not allow his wife to call him and send message to him during work hours. He also asked his wife not to tell others about the marriage in her company. Gradually, the boss of his wife gave more work and more salary to his wife. One day, he saw that his wife was sent home by the boss and they even kissed each other. In addition, the boss also bought a house for his wife. Therefore, their marriage ended secretly as it started.
As for fake singles, the government has formulated some laws towards it and if some cases occur terribly, involved people may be punished by laws. Therefore, we should clearly know the advantages and disadvantages when concealing the marriage. Maybe sometimes it is better for us to tell the truth.