The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is mostly covered with long reddish brown hair. The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has a large head with a prominent mouth area. Adult males have large cheek flaps. Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has senses very similar to ours, including hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) hands are very much like ours; they have four long fingers plus an opposable thumb. Their feet have four long toes plus an opposable big toe. Orangutans can grasp things with both their hands and their feet.
Orangutans are omnivores but are mostly herbivorous. The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) eats fruit, leaves, seeds, tree bark, plant bulbs, tender plant shoots, and flowers. They also eat insects and small animals. The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) do not even have to leave their tree branches to drink, they drink water that has collected in the holes between tree branches.
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is shy, solitary animals that are active during the day. The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) lives alone in large territories. This is probably due to their eating habits; they need a large area in order to get enough food and too many orangutans in one area might lead to starvation. The only long lasting orangutan social group is the mother and offspring, who live together for about 7 years. When mating, the male and female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) stays together for only a few days.
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Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is large apes that live most commonly in Southeast Asia. The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) mostly lives in trees and swing from branch to branch using their arms. The word orangutan means man of the forest in the Malay language. As its habitats are being usurped by man, the population of these animals decreasing and it is in grave danger of extinction. Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has a large, bulky body, a thick neck, very long, strong arms, short, bowed legs, and no tail.
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is large apes that live most commonly in Southeast Asia. The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) mostly lives in trees and swing from branch to branch using their arms. The word orangutan means man of the forest in the Malay language. As its habitats are being usurped by man, the population of these animals decreasing and it is in grave danger of extinction. Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has a large, bulky body, a thick neck, very long, strong arms, short, bowed legs, and no tail.
