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Are going to donate their land to conservation. it won't be cut down. ♪ >> man: that's the zebu. >> anthony: before the tanala land can officially become a part of the park the gods, the ancestors, the ancestors, somebody must be appeased. and that, as it often does, means something must die. seen this a lot? >> patricia: i usually don't go when this is happening. >> darren: wow. >> anthony: for someone with as dark a worldview, judging from

>> anthony: has the film "madagascar" been good for the lemur business? >> darren: there you go. >> patricia: i think the cartoon really woke up the world to the fact that there was a place called madagascar, although many people think that it doesn't really exist. >> darren: so what do you think happens? how hard is it to maintain the forest? >> patricia: it's incredibly hard, you know? we've been working with the villagers around the park and i think they really do understand the value of these extraordinary lemurs and the value of the forest. the economic value of tourism is tremendous for ...

>> anthony: is the cyanide not a problem for them? >> patricia: they can tolerate all kinds of cyanide. the cyanide comes straight through in the, uh, poop. >> darren: do they know how they get it through their system? >> patricia: we're working on that. >> darren: okay. what is the dew on the outside of it? just dew? >>atricia: ah, careful. >> darren: oh don't uc feeling?cia: how's your finger >> darren: it felt a littl sharp, but like a fuzzy sharpness, but then it didn't -- >> patricia: yeah, a fuzzy sharpness. you just wait a bit. >> anthony: yeah, it's like fiberglass. >> darren: are you ...

Right next to me. hello. >> anthony: the area provides essential habitat for the golden bamboo lemur. a species dr. wright discovered here in 1986. and the greater bamboo lemur, previously thought extinct. >> patricia: there's only 500 of these in the wild in the whole world. >> anthony: wow, really? what's the biggest pressure on the population? >> patricia: slash and burn agriculture. some places they're hunted. >> darren: here, no, this guy. >> patricia: oh. he is, oh, look at it. oh, how beautiful. oh, that's so nice. oh. >> darren: whoa. he's pissing on you, tom. he's taking a leak right ...

>> anthony: has the film "madagascar" been good for the lemur business? >> darren: there you go. >> patricia: i think the cartoon really woke up the world to the fact that there was a place called madagascar, although many people think that it doesn't really exist. >> darren: so what do you think happens? how hard is it to maintain the forest? >> patricia: it's incredibly hard, you know? we've been working with the villagers around the park and i think they really do understand the value of these extraordinary lemurs and the value of the forest. the economic value of tourism is tremendous for ...