Orangutan are found in tropical rain forests on the islands of Sumatra. Currently the population is about 30,000.
They eat fruit, leaves, flowers, buds, bark and insects. They live about 40-50 years in the wild and 50-60 years in captivity. They build nests each night out of leaves and branches at the very top of the tree. The female is not ready for a baby until she is in her teens.
The babies get nursed until they are six.
Orangutans are large apes that live in southeast Asia (on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra). These apes mostly live in trees (they are arboreal) and swing from branch to branch using their arms.
The word orangutan means "man of the forest" in the Malay language. As its habitats are being usurped by man, the orangutan's population is decreasing and it is in grave danger of extinction
have a large, bulky body, a thick neck, very long, strong arms, short, bowed legs, and no tail. Orangutans are about 2/3 the size of the gorilla. Orangutan's population is decreasing and it is in grave danger of extinction
The orangutan has a large head with a large mouth area. Adult males have big cheek flaps (which get larger as the ape ages).
They are mostly covered with long reddish-brown hair.Orangutans have senses very similar to ours, including hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch.Orangutan hands are very much like ours; they have four long fingers plus an opposable thumb. Their feet have four long toes plus an opposable big toe. Orangutans can grasp things with both their hands and their feet. The largest males have an arm span of about 7.5 feet (2.3 m).
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