"Evolution v. Creation" [Bogor Safari 2]

This article has a very provocative journal starting at the "Tarsiers" picture towards the end of the article. However, it's still worth reading 'coz the issue discussed is at the very heart of debates between science & religion specifically "Evolution vs. Creation."

But I have to state now that if you're on the side of religion, please keep on reading (don't get turned-off after reading the science part) 'coz religion's side will also be explained after the science.

Anyway, this is a ... (more)

"A giraffe"
- There's several of them in this safari.

Closer view of the giraffe:
As stated in Part 1, I do repeats with the animals in closer view since some...

A donkey?
- Of course, it's not a donkey but I'm no zoologist either...

Closer view of the "donkey:"
- The other one by the bushes is taking a leak, he, he, he!

"A hippo's pen"

Closer view of the hippo:
It was a few seconds after this shot when it suddenly sprouted water...

A one-horned rhino:
- This BIG sexy is a native of Java.

"Camels"
- See the zoo's employee?

Closer view of the camels:
- One is going thru the wall.

"Bulls"
- Nice horns!

Closer view of the bulls:

"Asian black bears"

Closer view of the Asian black bears:

"A lama"

Closer view of the lama:

"Crocs"

Closer view of 1 of the crocs:
- Nice teeth!

Closer view of the other croc:
- Nice BIG body!

The zookeeper's living quarters:
- Nice home!

"A poisonous snake climbing-up erect!"

"Petting the poisonous snake!"
- It's actually inside a glassed cage yet it didn't show in this pic.

Tarsiers:
The smallest primates ever (it's as small as a regular-sized finger),...

An orangutan: (another primate).
And since there's plenty of food on the ground, the small tarsiers...

Mom & baby orangutans:
And as they learned to walk up erect (they were about 3-4 ft. tall...

A baby orangutan:
Since we humans are now the most dominant species of the planet, then...

Another orangutan:
Inshort, if the dinos took +200 million years to become the behemoth...

Baby orangutans in Kalimantan, Borneo:
Ever heard of extremism & how too much of one things is BAD? In science...

A proboscis monkey:
Nowadays, religion threatens to put as back to the dark ages as not only are...

"Mom & baby II"
Without religion, man won't last long as we'll blow each other to...

"Going bananas"
And as the Pope said a few years ago: "Evolution is true, but it...

"Going bananas II"
*The Pope is an ADMIRABLE person 'coz he's not extreme, he's...

"Tarzan's buddy"
But going back to the Biological sciences, how critical is it to us? Well,...

A yellow lemur:
Advances in Hematology helps us to better understand diseases &...

Mum & baby orangutans, in black & white:
Overall, evolution shouldn't be eliminated from the educational...

An exotic bird:
I don't know what it's called but overall, Indonesia has so...

A baribusa [pig-deer]:
- A native pig of Indonesia.

A mouse deer:
- My native country the Philippines also has lots of these mouse deers....

The island of Java, Indonesia.
#3 is Bandung Highlands, our next destination. *There's 2 more...

article published 01/21/2002

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Thank God for Creation
I've heard of this evolution theory, but find it hard to believe that anything as diverse and functional as nature could have just happened of its own accord. Creation is just a probable but much more credible.
— John, October 29, 2005

Cool
Cool...animal kingdom.Thx for sharing!
— STAN., January 22, 2002

Hi Steph,
Whew, thank God you continue reading to the end 'coz it never was my intention to present the evolutionists point of view alone. And inspite of my background in science, I still STRONGLY believe in God!:
— Gentle Lugtu [Eltneg], January 21, 2002

Whew -- you had me worried there for a few frames. I've been admiring your work ever since I found worldisround last week, and I was thinking "how can someone who finds such beauty in the world not believe in the God who imagined and created it?" But your view of the coexistence of creation and evolution is , as you suggest , "moderate", and therefore, I concur with you.
— stephanie saniga, January 21, 2002

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