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An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, long arms, and no tail.
Examples of orangutans in a Sentence
I am sure the trip would be worth it just to see the orangutans - I love them!
At the first, Safari World, we had suspicions that they had at least 42 illegally smuggled young orangutans.
Walk around the centers to meet the orangutans, the proboscis monkeys, gibbons and other endemic fauna and exotic flora of Borneo.
At the time of my arrival they had 66 orangutans, the youngest only two months old!
Lunch is served on the way to Tanjung Harapan, a rehabilitation center for orphaned orangutans, 2 hours away from Kumai.
It took us a day traveling along river to reach a site where we hoped we would be able to find wild orangutans.
The second raid was at Sriracha Tiger Zoo where 100 illegal tigers as well as 2 illegal orangutans and 2 illegal chimpanzees were found.
Finally they will be released in a forest area where there are no wild orangutans.
In contrast, male orangutans will spend less than 9% of their time in association with other orangutans.
At the time of my visit, 16 young orangutans were at the halfway house.
We will meet the orangutans and trekking for about 30 minutes to feeding station for the orangutan afternoon feeding time.
A fund is being launched to help save the baby orangutans.
Project 1 - A New Nursery 12 February 2001 Our project was to construct a large exercise enclosure for the young orphan orangutans.
Fruit trail transects to record the range of foodstuffs available to orangutans in an area.