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The following is a list of animals that are or may have been raised in captivity for consumption by people. For other animals commonly eaten by people, see Game (food) . Mammals
Orangutans are the most solitary of the great apes: social bonds occur primarily between mothers and their dependent offspring. Fruit is the most important component of an orangutan's diet, but they will also eat vegetation, bark, honey, insects and bird eggs. They can live over 30 years, both in the wild and in captivity.
An orangutan peeling a banana with its hand and foot. The Bornean orangutan diet is composed of over 400 types of food, including wild figs, durians (Durio zibethinus and D. graveolens), [29] leaves, seeds, bird eggs, flowers, sap, vines, [30] honey, fungi, spider webs, [30] insects, and, to a lesser extent than the Sumatran orangutan, bark.
The orangutan had an injury on his face - an open wound - that he knew needed to be treated. He sought out a specific plant that orangutans don't normally eat, but that people throughout Southeast ...
It will also eat bird eggs and small vertebrates. [8] Sumatran orangutans spend far less time feeding on the inner bark of trees. Wild Sumatran orangutans in the Suaq Balimbing swamp have been observed using tools. [9] An orangutan will break off a tree branch that is about a foot long, snap off the twigs and fray one end with its teeth. [10]
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.
65% of the diet of orangutans consists of fruit. Orangutans primarily eat fruit, along with young leaves, bark, flowers, honey, insects, and vines. One of their preferred foods is the fruit of the durian tree, which tastes somewhat like sweet custard. Orangutans discard the skin, eat the flesh, and spit out the seeds. [citation needed]
The orangutan turned the big 4-7 recently at the Indianapolis Zoo in Indianapolis, Indiana and he did so in style, chomping down on a delicious birthday cake pop. But the pop was just the first ...