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Stories about: Borneo

Orangutans Communicate Through Pantomime A new study reveals that orangutans are capable of communicating with each other, and with human caregivers, by using their ability to mime. The primates can therefore produce pantomime, in order to ensure that the message they are trying to transmit has gotten across. The conclusions are based on two decades of scie... 12 August 2010 01:43 GMT Two Pictures Show the 100-Foot 'Borneo Monster' Two photographs have been recently released from unknown sources in Borneo, depicting the weirdest of occurrences – a 100 foot-long snake-like creature cruising in the waters of the Baleh river. Natives are understandably scared of that, as they believe that the alleged monster is the mythical Nabau creature, a... 20 February 2009 03:33 GMT Pygmy Borneo Elephants Represent Extinct Species Here is a dwarf amongst living elephants: the pygmy elephant of Borneo is one meter (3 feet) shorter than its mainland Asian elephant counterparts and remarkably tame and passive. They also look different from other Asian elephants, being rounder and with longer tails, straighter tusks, a shorter trunk and bigger ear... 29 April 2008 03:31 GMT