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Wild chimpanzees can charge at females, shake branches, hit, slap, kick, pound, drag, and bite them. Orangutans are among the most forceful of mammals. Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) exhibited aggression in almost 90 percent of their copulations, including when the females were not resisting. [13]
Without mothers and more knowledgeable elders, strange 'Lord of the Flies' communities evolve in the forest. Eventually the orangutans learn to sustain themselves without human aid. With the impending extinction of orangutans, opportunities to observe and interact [with] them in their natural setting are reduced.
However, the discovery of a previously unknown orangutan population in Malaysian Borneo is reason to hope. Threats. Human actions have reduced orangutan habitats by more than 80% over the past 20 ...
Human activity is a big part of the problem when it comes to threats to the Sumatran orangutan. Some threats can be reversed with the enforcement of current laws and habitat conservation efforts.
Some orangutans also react with laughter at magic tricks performed by humans. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This behavior is documented in both wild and captive chimpanzees. Chimpanzee laughter is not readily recognizable to humans as such, because it is generated by alternating inhalations and exhalations that sound more like breathing and panting. [ 5 ]
The San Diego Zoo recently brought in a bubble machine for some of its animal residents -- and the results were too cute!
He wants to do it very, very good." [5] Smits quickly saw that protecting orangutans in their habitat not only benefits orangutans but also the environment, biological diversity, the poor in Borneo and all the world's people. The activities of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation expanded from rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing ...
To teach 19-year-old Mujur the maternal skills she needed, the Dublin Zoo showed the pregnant orangutan videos of other orangutans feeding their babies. The zoo also asked for volunteers from ...