Orangutans
are beautiful animals, but there isn’t just one type of orangutan, there are
three species – and the continued deforestation of their rainforest habitats in
Indonesia has put them all in peril
Fri 17
Aug 2018 16.42 BSTLast modified on Wed 22 Aug
2018 15.26 BST
Bornean
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Wild
Bornean orangutans can live to about 45 and are the world’s largest
tree-dwelling mammals, weighing around 87kg and standing some 1.3 metres tall.
Their armspans can reach 2.1 metres, but their limbs are used for more than
just physical power: they also perform clever feats of hunting, such as
skewering fish with sticks.
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