Orangutan
Animal
Your morning adorable: Baby gibbon drinks from a bottle in German zoo...way it may sound, isn't a value judgment about them! They differ in a few main ways from the "great apes" -- gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans and the like -- and in some ways more closely resemble monkeys than apes. For instance, unlike great... In this article: Orangutan, Chimpanzee, Value judgment, European Pressphoto Agency, Los Angeles Times, Southeast Asia, Los Angeles, and California |
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boston.com - Science news | 1 day ago
Into the wild, once again
Disease, she added, shouldn't be a problem because the area selected for the trial release doesn't have a viable orangutan community. The orangutan - which in the Bahasa Indonesian language means "man of the forest'' - is one of humanity's...
In this article: Borneo, Deforestation, and Scandinavian Airlines
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Palm oil under attack
...the same amount of carbon, you are exacerbating climate change,'' said Margaret Swink of the Rainforest Action Network. In addition, orangutans, which live in the lowlands of Borneo and Sumatra, are losing their habitat as land is...
In this article: Carbon, University of Maine, Burlington, Gulf of Maine, Culprit, and Instant noodles
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CNN | 5 days ago
Saving orangutans before extinction in Sumatra
...says orangutans in Sumatra are threatened by pulp and paper companies He's working to introduce orangutans back into the wild "The orangutan is an extremely vulnerable species" Sumatra, Indonesia (CNN) -- A loud crack echoes...
In this article: Sumatra, E mail, U.S., Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran Orangutan, Habitat destruction, and WWF
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Des Moines Register | November 18, 2009
Orangutans at Ape Trust will leave Iowa in 2013
Your browser s security settings are preventing some features from appearing. See instructions for fixing the problem. Orangutans at Ape Trust will leave Iowa in 2013 By PERRY BEEMAN and JASON PULLIAM pbeeman@dmreg.com November 19,...
In this article: Iowa and Chimpanzee
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
Rescued orangutans face new test of survival: returning to the wild
...she added, shouldn't be a problem because the area selected for the trial release doesn't have a viable orangutan community of its own. The orangutan -- which means "man of the forest" in a local language -- is one of mankind's closest...
In this article: Borneo, John Burton, World Land Trust, Scandinavian Airlines Systems, and Indonesia
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The Australian | November 10, 2009
Orangutans, Wood Pigeons and Dark Spirits
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 11:54 am Orangutans, Wood Pigeons and Dark Spirits: Whitireia Community Polytechnic's new issue of 4th Floor, the online literary journal featuring writing from the Creative Writing Programme, is launched for...
In this article: Wood Pigeon, Xbox, MC Hammer, Auckland, Wellington, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, and Perceval Press
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Denver Post: Local News | November 08, 2009
Boulder girl to help orangutans in Borneo
...park's orangutan rehabilitation center, Nordham will work alongside Birute Mary Galdikas, a leading authority on orangutans and president of Orangutan Foundation International, a nonprofit dedicated to orangutan research and conservation.
In this article: Borneo, Bornean Orangutan, Dog, and International Union for Conservation
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L.A. Times - L.A. Unleashed | October 30, 2009
Your morning adorable: Orangutan snacks on a pumpkin at the National Zoo
...with treats (healthy ones, like pumpkins -- no bite-size Snickers bars here) and special Halloween-themed enrichment activities. This orangutan is seated on one of the zoo's newest pieces of equipment, a specially-made cargo net...
In this article: Pumpkin, National Zoo, Halloween, Snickers, Los Angeles Times, Zoo, Washington, Los Angeles, and California
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The orangutans are two species of great apes known for their intelligence, long arms and reddish-brown hair. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, they are currently found only in rainforests on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, though fossils have been found in Java, Vietnam and China. They are the only surviving species in the genus Pongo and the subfamily Ponginae (which also includes the extinct genera Gigantopithecus and Sivapithecus). Their name derives from the Malay and Indonesian phrase orang hutan, meaning "man of the forest".
The orangutan is an official state animal of Sabah in Malaysia.
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