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Orangutans

Orangutans. WHAT IS AN ORANGUTAN. What does an orangutan mean?. More about orangutans…. Life Style Habits. DIET OTHER Fruit Shy Young leaves Live alone Shoots Capable of Bark very long and loud

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Orangutans

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  1. Orangutans

  2. WHAT IS AN ORANGUTAN

  3. What does an orangutan mean?

  4. More about orangutans…

  5. Life Style Habits DIET OTHER Fruit Shy Young leaves Live alone Shoots Capable of Bark very long and loud Insects calls (about 1km) Honey Bird eggs

  6. Facts about orangutans… • Type : Mammal • Diet: Omnivore • Average life spam:40-50 • Standing height: 1.5m • Weight: 33-82 kg • Protection status: Endangered

  7. Illegal logging and fires are making the native habitat rain forests of the orangutans disappear at an unsustainable rate. • When the rain forest is cut down or burned, orangutans are often forced to enter plantations in order to find food where humans kill or capture them. • In Asia there is a big market for orangutan babies as pets • Orangutans are often smuggled to other countries in the large freighters loaded with the very timber that was once their home and many die en route. • Illnesses, stress, depression and death are typical of captive orangutans. 

  8. Innocent but behind bars. Smuggled infant orangutan found dead. A baby orangutan clings to his dead mother.

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