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All three orangutan species are considered critically endangered. Human activities have caused severe declines in populations and ranges. Threats to wild orangutan populations include poaching (for bushmeat and retaliation for consuming crops), habitat destruction and deforestation (for palm oil cultivation and logging), and the illegal pet trade.
An orangutan will break off a tree branch that is about a foot long, snap off the twigs and fray one end with its teeth. [10] The orangutan will use the stick to dig in tree holes for termites. They will also use the stick to poke a bee's nest wall, move it around and catch the honey. In addition, orangutans use tools to eat fruit. [11]
This is a collection of lists of mammal gestation period estimated by experts in their fields. The mammals included are only viviparous (marsupials and placentals) as some mammals, which are monotremes (including platypuses and echidnas) lay their eggs.
There are three types of orangutans left in the world. The Bornean, the Tapanuli and the Sumatran. It’s believed that there are only 14,000 individual Sumatran orangutans left in the wild.
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An orangutan was born at a Florida theme park — and photos show the cute new addition. ... The baby born April 13 is a Bornean orangutan, a species that lives in the wild in Southeast Asia. She ...
An orangutan peeling a banana with its hand and foot. The Bornean orangutan diet is composed of over 400 types of food, including wild figs, durians (Durio zibethinus and D. graveolens), [29] leaves, seeds, bird eggs, flowers, sap, vines, [30] honey, fungi, spider webs, [30] insects, and, to a lesser extent than the Sumatran orangutan, bark.