#AtoZChallenge – Orangutan

The orangutan is an exclusively Asian ape. They are currently only found in the Borneo and Sumatra rainforests.

The reddish-brown orangutan spends most of its time in trees and primarily eats fruit but other things like vegetation, bark, honey, insects and bird eggs are consumed.

orangutan
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Orangutans are highly intelligent and one featured as Clint Eastwood’s sidekick “Clyde” in the movie Every Which Way But Loose.

3 thoughts on “#AtoZChallenge – Orangutan”

  1. I remember that movie and the Orangatan. They look like smart animals. Like they’re watching you the way you’re watching them.

  2. I love this ape-they seem so gentle and unassuming and just want to be left alone. I love that movie but I heard the ape was not treated well by the owner and the ape died a few years after making the pictures-what a shame

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