Orangutans

Orangutans are orange apes. Orangutans means "Persons of the forest" in the Malay language. This great ape is more than visually different from chimps and gorillas. The orangutan is usuually solitary, not living in groups with other of its species. The orangutan is also the largest arboreal mammal spending most of its time in the trees of tropical forest. Its arms span is about 7 feet and its hands almost reach the ground when walking. The orangutan will take leafy branches and use them as shelter and during the rain storms the plants may serve as umbrellas. Orangutans will use their hands to strip plants to get to the juicy parts inside and will take a leaf, dip it into the water and let the water drip into its mouth. Each night an orangutan makes a new nest among the treetops by bending branches to make a platform where it sleeps.

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