Orangutan

Habitat

Orangutans live in rainforests in southeast asia, Orangutans have to build nests to sleep in at night so that they can be comfy and keep warm at night. Their long arms help them swing from tree to tree and use their feet to grip onto the tree which helps them get away from their predators. Orangutans are also pretty smart. Once they have been let go by their mother they need high trees to climb in case there's snakes.

Diet

Orangutans live in trees and that's where they find their food. Most of their diet is fruit but they also eat nuts, bark, and other parts of plants and trees. And every once and a while they eat insects and ants. Orangutans also eat lychees, mangosteens, mangoes and figs.

How they find water

Orangutans have to find water from any lakes or pond nearby so that the babies can learn how to find water and manage on their own. When there's no pond or lakes they sometimes find leaves and drink the water off the outside and Sometimes they drink the water off their fur from when it rains! if it doesn't rain they will go off looking for a pond or lake.

How they find Shelter

Sometimes it can be too sunny and hot for orangutans to handle so they grab a big leaf off their tree and put on their heads to keep shelter (they also do this with rain). Sometimes they hide under trees as well. An average Orangutan stays in a tree for their whole life.

Baby and Male orangutans

Little baby orangutans have to live and stay with their mother for 8 years to learn how to manage on their own. A male orangutan can weigh up to 100 Kgs and a female orangutan weighs half of a male.

Facts

Some people consider orangutans as pongos as a “scientific name” and their common name is orangutans. Orangutans are very smart like humans. Female orangutans have to teach their babies how to survive. There are only 50,000 to 65,000 orangutans left. There are only 3 species of orangutans which is not much at all. Orangutans also don't mind eating with their feet which is gross!

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Created with an image by Wallula - "wildlife mammal monkey"