For thousands of years, Orangutans made their homes nestled in the treetops of the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Today, due to habitat destruction, illegal hunting and poaching they are only found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Thi...
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For thousands of years, Orangutans made their homes nestled in the treetops of the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Today, due to habitat destruction, illegal hunting and poaching they are only found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. This gentle, tree-swinging ape is actually intelligent, its name is literally translated to mean "people of the forest." Rather than having two hands and two feet, the Orangutan has four hands, to facilitate the grace and ease with which they move from tree to tree (though this makes it difficult for them to travel by land). Orangutan babies nurse until they are six, giving them the longest childhood dependency of any animal. Adult Orangutans are eight times as strong as the average human male and have a life expectancy of 35-40 years. The average number of babies born to a mother is between four and five, magnifying the loss when a mother is killed by poachers or in a natural disaster. Because of extreme habitat destruction, which leaves Orangutans with only 20% of the habitat they once wandered, these amazing animals are now classified as critically endangered.
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