Duke Lemur Center Digitally Preserves Lemurs

There are about 100 species of lemurs on Earth today, but if we're not careful, there could soon be none. Almost all lemur species are facing extinction in the wild thanks to human activities like hunting, mining, and logging, but the Duke Lemur Center is doing its best to make sure that lemurs don't disappear from the planet forever. The Center is dedicated to research and conservation of these strange animals, as well as their fellow prosimian primates such as lorises and tarsiers. Ideally, none of these species will die out - but if they do, they will still live on in digital form, thanks to the 3D scanning and virtual reality technology the Center has been using. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/171328/duke-lemur-center-3d-scanning/

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