According to the IUCN, Bornean orangutans are endangered, and Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered. TheSumatran orangutanhas had an estimated decline in population of over 80 percent over the last 75 years, while theBornean orangutanhas had a population decline of well over 50 percent duri...
The wonderfully expressive and soulful orangutan, is now limited totwo tiny islands and about 60,000 wild individuals. There are many different studies and conservation efforts occurring simultaneously to save the wild orangutan, but the task starts, of course, with saving the rainforests they call ...
Although the Bornean orangutan is closely related to the great apes found in Africa, they differ greatly in their behavior with the biggest difference being that the Bornean orangutan is largely solitary where other ape species tend to adopt complex social hierarchies. Until recently there was ...
An Orangutan Image courtesy of Dupan Pandu/Flickr The diet of orangutans consists primarily of fruit, although insects, eggs, new shoots, bark, and leaves are also eaten. Orangutans seldom set foot on ground, rather they travel in the treetops, mostly alone, and make and sleep in nests the...
The orangutan, chimp and gorilla have about 6 billion, 5 billion, and 4 billion respectively, the killer whale and the elephant are both at about 11 billion neurons each, but the great ape in the necktie with the skyscraper in the background has a ratio almost two times greater than the...
There are three species of orangutan and adult males of all three typically weigh around 75kg (165lb) while females are ~37 kg (82 lb). They are ~1.5m(5ft) tall and have a huge arm span of ~2m (6ft). They spend most of their time up in the canopy, making them the heaviest ...
Convictions in Indonesia Mark Progress in the Fight Against Orangutan Trafficking South Africa’s DFFE February 2024 report: Rhinos: 499 killed during 2023 Elephants: Unreported Namibia’s MEFT January 2023 report: Rhinos: 87 killed (+42 from 2021) ...
the forest floor. Most tropical rainforest animals live in the canopy, which contains trees 60 to 150 feet tall, because food is abundant there. The tropical rainforest animals list includes the chimpanzee, tree frog, monkey, parrot, jaguar, gorilla, Indian cobra, orangutan, leopard and iguana...
Borneo has a population of 16 million and is home to roughly 200 ethnicities. The locals – a term that covers all ethnicities – are known as Dayaks. 9. Borneo is home to orangutans (but you probably already know this) The word orangutan translates to ‘person of the forest’ and they...
The other great apes, the gorilla and the orangutan, do not have this lifestyle, but other highly intelligent animals like elephants and whales, do engage in this complex social structure, sometimes referred to as a "fission-fusion society". ...