Orangutans

I could have made the essay a little more fluid informative but choppy. Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) Anth 111                  In Malay orang means 'person' and utan is defined as 'forest'. Thus Orangutan literally means 'Person of the Forest'. Orangutans are found in the tropical forests of Sumatra and Borneo. They are the most arboreal of the great apes and move amongst the safety of the trees from one feeding site to the next. They are so well …

…one another they are very tolerant and aggression is rare, unless two mature males meet each other. Males maintain their distance from on another with 'long calls', these also advertise their location to adult females. Orangutans are generally fruit eaters, because fruit is abundant in the forests they inhabit. They lead a very solitary life. The population continues to decline because of habitat loss, and fewer than 30,000 orangutans are thought to remain in the wild.