Orangutans

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Description
Orangutans have reddish-brown to orange fur colour. Orangutans have long strong arms, they have hook like hands and feet to grasp onto vines. Male Orangutans weigh up to 90kg. Females weigh up to 45 kg. Orangutans can grow to a height of 165cm.

Warning!
An Orangutan's greatest threat is the devolution of farming, and also logging of the forest. Logging leaves fewer places for orangutans to roam and find food.

Facts
Orangutans live in the canopy and also further up near the emergent layer of the forest. Every night they will make a nest to sleep in using leaves and branches..

Food
The Orangutan eats rainforest treats such as rambutan, figs, mango, and durian. They will eat also flowers, bark and insects.

The importance of an Orangutan is that they keep the insect population under control. When orangutans eat the fruits of the forest they go to the toilet and the seeds from the fruit go back into the ground and reproduce.

by Arianne


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