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We've got all of Wednesday's top stories covered. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
I'm Ricky, with you over the next five minutes. | :00:07. | :00:08. | |
The French daredevil with only a thin rope between him | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
And - we find out how mud could be used to charge phones. | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
But first this afternoon, scientists are asking | :00:22. | :00:34. | |
for urgent action to protect some of the world's most at-risk primates. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
The eastern lowland gorilla - the largest of the gorilla species, | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
and one of the most magnificent creatures on Earth. | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
They live here, in the tropical rainforests of | :00:50. | :00:51. | |
the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, but the number of them left | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
And it's not just gorillas, scientists are now warning that | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
over half of the world's primates are on the brink of extinction. | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
25 species, including apes, lemurs and monkeys have been named | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
Scientists say the drop in numbers is being caused by the destruction | :01:11. | :01:19. | |
of their habitats - particularly the burning and clearing of tropical | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
Some species are also hunted for their meat or sold illegally. | :01:23. | :01:30. | |
At a meeting in Singapore, scientists called on world leaders | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
to find ways of protecting primates and their habits. | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
Well, to find out more, we've got Dr Caroline Bettridge | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
There are 703 species and species of primates in the world - | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
They are extremely important. As well as being interesting in their | :01:52. | :02:00. | |
own right, they can play important roles in the systems in the areas | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
they live. In forests, their input on seed dispersal is for those | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
trees. Which species are most at risk? A huge number of | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
unfortunately, as well as over 50% of the species being endangered, the | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
ICN have just released a list of the 25 most endangered primate species, | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
including things like this action orangutan and the East lowland | :02:28. | :02:35. | |
gorilla, things like the cleaner in Madagascar. -- Leamer. What is being | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
done to try and protect these animals? There is a lot happening | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
but more needs to be done. Conservation organisations are | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
trying to convince governments to help a bit more per affecting the | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
habitats, preventing the forests being cut down is probably the most | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
important thing but also enforcing regulations on things like bush meat | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
hunting. We hear about con -- we hear a bit conservation efforts all | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
the time, do they work? Working with local communities makes it out of | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
difference. From past experience, we know that we see it primate | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
population starting to grow again in those situations. Interesting stuff. | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
Let?s get you some more stories from around the world now. | :03:27. | :03:28. | |
Take a look at this French daredevil in action. | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
Theo Sanson has just broken the world record for a slackline | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
by walking nearly 500 metres between two rock formations in Utah | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
Sanson hovered over 120 metres in the air, and made a slow and | :03:38. | :03:47. | |
Next to Malawi in Southeast Africa, where people have come up with | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
a genius way to charge up their mobiles. | :03:52. | :03:53. | |
These women made an oven out of mud, and attached to it a small device | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Whilst the ovens are being used to cook food, the heat powers up this | :03:57. | :04:04. | |
generator which can then provide enough electricity to charge small | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
In some parts of Malawi, only 10% of the population has access to power. | :04:08. | :04:21. | |
Finally, if you've ever run in an egg and spoon race you'll have | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
The 120 waiters took part in this race in the city of Yokohama | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
The idea being to complete the 300-metre course without | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
dropping any of the bottles or glasses they were carrying. | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
Kento Sasamoto won the individual men's event with | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
I think it's safe to say he was more successful than some | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
Newsround's back tomorrow morning with Leah. | :04:44. | :04:57. | |
Until then, head to the newsround website for all the other | :04:58. | :04:59. |