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Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California.Founded by Dr. Birutė Galdikas, one of three anthropologists (The Trimates) to study great apes under the guidance of Dr. Louis Leakey, OFI continues to rescue and rehabilitate orangutans, preparing them for release back into protected areas of the Indonesian rain forest.
Orangutans often interfere with these crops, however, to look for food to eat since they often cannot find food in the forest. [ 20 ] Over the past few decades, the rate of orangutan poaching has increased significantly due to the discovery of more efficient weapons and methods of killing, such as the use of poisons , AK-47s and explosives . [ 17 ]
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]
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39 ...
Conflicts between locals and orangutans also pose a threat. Orangutans that have lost their homes often raid agricultural areas and end up being killed by villagers. [127] Locals may also be motivated to kill orangutans for food or because of their perceived danger. [128] Mother orangutans are killed so their infants can be sold as pets.
A wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time an animal has been observed applying medicine to a skin injury.
Of the subjects, 100 were Sumatran (Pongo abelii), 54 Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and 30 were hybrid orangutans. 113 zoo employees, who were highly familiar with the typical behavior of the orangutans, used a four-item questionnaire to assess their subjective well-being. The results indicated that orangutans in higher subjective well-being were ...
Orangutans are an endangered species, a press release from the zoo states. They only give birth to one offspring every three to five years, making Mujur's pregnancy very important.