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Orangutan nest. Orangutans build day and night nests. Young orangutans learn by observing their mothers' nest-building behaviour. Nest-building is a leading reason for young orangutans to leave their mother for the first time. Starting at 6 months of age, orangutans practice nest building and gain proficiency by the time they are 3 years old. [1]
Initially, a suitable tree is located. Orangutans are choosy about sites, though nests can be found in many tree species. To establish a foundation, the ape grabs the large branches under it and bends them so they join. The orangutan then does the same to smaller, leafier branches to create a "mattress".
Gibbons, muriquis and spider monkeys all brachiate extensively, [57] with gibbons sometimes doing so in remarkably acrobatic fashion. Woolly monkeys also brachiate at times. [92] Orangutans use a similar form of locomotion called quadramanous climbing, in which they use their arms and legs to carry their heavy bodies through the trees. [57]
Orangutans are among the most intelligent of all primates. Their name actually means “forest person” in Malay, and it is thought wild orangutan populations have their own distinct cultures.
Orangutans and gibbons are tailless apes that still live in trees. But Potts notes that they move very differently than monkeys, who scamper along the tops of branches, using their tails for balance.
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.
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. In a first, an orangutan was ...
Sleep can follow a physiological or behavioral definition. In the physiological sense, sleep is a state characterized by reversible unconsciousness, special brainwave patterns, sporadic eye movement, loss of muscle tone (possibly with some exceptions; see below regarding the sleep of birds and of aquatic mammals), and a compensatory increase following deprivation of the state, this last known ...