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All About Orangutans

All About Orangutans. A teaching resource for elementary school-aged children By: Amber Jones. Let’s meet some orangutans. Butet . Tom. Akmad & Baby Atlas. Orangutans are Great Apes. Mammals Big bodies Opposable thumbs Smart Tool users Bendy lips Endangered.

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All About Orangutans

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  1. All About Orangutans A teaching resource for elementary school-aged children By: Amber Jones

  2. Let’s meet some orangutans. Butet Tom Akmad & Baby Atlas

  3. Orangutans are Great Apes. • Mammals • Big bodies • Opposable thumbs • Smart • Tool users • Bendy lips • Endangered

  4. Do you know the difference? Apes Monkeys Tail Not as large brains Don’t live as long Old-world: Africa and Asia New-world: Central and South America • No tail • Larger brains • Longer lives • Great Apes: Africa and Asia • Lesser Apes: Asia

  5. Orangutans livein Southeast Asia. Sumatra Borneo Canada

  6. Orangutans live in the rainforest. So do lots of other things!

  7. Orangutans live in trees. Climbing is easy for orangutans. They have long arms and thumbs on their feet.

  8. But Orangutans aren’t always in trees. Bornean Orangutan Sumatran Orangutan

  9. Males are larger than females.

  10. Orangutans live in small family groups. • Mom • Kid • Baby • Neighbors: • Sisters • Cousins

  11. Orangutans are frugivores. But they also eat: • Fruit • Leaves • Flowers • Tree bark • Seeds • Honey • Insects • Small animals • Bird eggs

  12. Every night they make nests. Orangutans spend most of their time resting, traveling, and eating.

  13. Umbrella-hats Scratching sticks Orangutans make and use tools. • Dipping tools • Fruit-openers

  14. Siswi makes a leaf hat.

  15. Orangutans are an Endangered Species. • Problem: Loss of habitat • Solution: Protect their habitat

  16. Orangutans are not good pets. • Problem: Illegal Pets • Solution: Rehabilitation

  17. Orangutans can be rehabilitated. MU used to live in a cage. Now he lives in the forest.

  18. What did we learn today?

  19. If you want to learn more…. • Information on orangutans and conservation, check out: • Borneo Orangutan Society Canada • Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme • Information about popular apes, check out: • Koko the gorilla • Kanzi the bonobo • Chantek the orangutan

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