9 Things You Did Not Know About Orangutans

1. The Orangutan is the only Asian ape, closely related to humans, chimps and gorillas, from which they split more than 8 million years ago. Today they live in the islands of Borneo and Sumatra (southeastern Asia). Till recently, they were believed to represent the same species, but DNA analy... [ read more >> ]

Dominant Sumatran male orangutan

Borneo female orangutan with young

Gigantopithecus

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