orangutan
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Meijaard said he had seen photos of the dead orangutan, shared by Chandra.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Now that the Baby Monkey Who Could is finding comfort, grooming and companionship from others of his kind, there may come a time when he no longer needs his big stuffed orangutan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Using satellite data and information on the pre-existing tapanuli orangutan population, experts have calculated nearly 60 animals may have been killed in what they called an "extinction-level event" for the species.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
And orangutan comes from the Malaysian word orang- hutan, which means man of the woods, but dranghutan isn’t Malaysian for orangutan.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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Chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans all produce laughter, but scientists have long wondered how those vocalizations changed over millions of years and whether they could reveal anything about the origins of human language.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Conservationists have lobbied for a moratorium on development in Batang Toru, where tapanuli orangutans suffered first habitat loss and then the flood disaster.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
But conservation workers say there are particular concerns for orangutans and other primates, like gibbons, because huge parts of the mountainous forest in the Tapanuli district saw massive landslides due to Cyclone Senyar's extreme rainfall.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Barnum shows his "mermaid" alongside real exotic animals like orangutans and grizzly bears.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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