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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.
The San Diego Zoo recently brought in a bubble machine for some of its animal residents -- and the results were too cute!
The researchers also concluded that the orangutans learned a partner had to be present for success. [23] For example, they observed that time spent alone at the apparatus decreased as the trials progressed. [106] In some instances one orangutan pushed the other towards the free handle, soliciting cooperation. [107]
The orangutan watched as the magician shuffles a deck of cards then choose one to place it on the window of his enclosure. The performer then 'transported' the chosen card from one side of the ...
Related: Orangutan Instinctively Uses Plant to Treat Wound and Even Scientists Are Impressed. Orangutans are an endangered species, a press release from the zoo states. They only give birth to one ...
In the documentary, Michelle Yeoh visits her adopted orangutan in her home country Malaysia [3] and studies for three weeks [4] what is done to sustain the long-term population of this endangered species. Guided by Dr Cecilia Boklin, Yeoh takes part in all activities; she is filmed nurturing an orphaned suckling orangutan. [5]
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 ...