Orangutans breed slower than any other primate and have approximately 3 offspring in their lifetime.....Female orangutans usually have one baby at a time and will only have one every 6 to 7 years.....Baby orangutans cry when they’re hungry, whimper when they’re hurt and smile at their mothers.



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"We are the two girls who heed the person of the forest's call to save them. They are in a great danger. So play our part!! Small thingscan make a big difference. HELP US TO SAVE ORANGUTAN!"
By
: Wan Elisa bt. Wan Hoesni
: Wan Ilyana Nadia bt. Wan Ismaet


Orangutans brachiate (swing arm-over-arm through the forest) better than any other ape.....Orangutans are diurnal which means they are active during the day. .....Mosquitoes bother orangutans just like they do humans and they will use branches like fly swatters to swish them away......In their true habitat, male orangutans live alone and females live alone or with their infants.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Nice to meet you too: Pongo Albelii

Sumatran Orangutan - (Pongo albelii)

  • The Sumatran Orangutan has a red-orange coat of hair that is white around the mouth and abdomen.
  • The males of this species have a better throat beard than do the males of the Borneo.
  • Orangutans are a solitary animal, but Pongo albelii tends to be the more social Orangutan of the two species.
  • The richer forests in Sumatra can support no more than 6 to 7 Orangutans per square kilometer.
  • Living and endemic to Sumatra island of Indonesia, they are smaller than the Bornean Orangutan.
  • The Sumatran Orangutan grows to about 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) tall and 90 kilograms (200 lb) in males.
  • Females are smaller, averaging 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) and 45 kilograms (99 lb).
  • Compared to the Bornean Orangutan, the Sumatran Orangutan tends to be more frugivorous and especially insectivorous.

Thanks to: bioweb

Posted by me at 10:34 AM

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