Orangutans

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Orangutans Pongo Pygmaeus By Jessica Lahaie
Kailyn Milligan
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Physical Characteristics

• The Sumatran Orangutans are smaller than Borean
  Orangutans.
• They have thick sometimes long, light red hair.
• Sumatran Orangutans are taller than Borean
  Orangutans.
• Males grow cheek pads and/or shaggy beards while
  they are subadults.
• They are more slender and have narrower faces
  than Borean Orangutans.
• Have very flexible lips and have hands that are
  like humans, and use feet like their hands.

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Physical Characteristics

• Males are a lot heavier than female orangutans.
• ALL orangutans are very acrobatic.
• Orangutans are a type of great ape.
• Have very strong teeth and jaws.

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Adaptations

• Orangutans have long, strong arms making it easy
  to climb and peel food.
• They also have strong jaws making it easy to eat
  bamboo and nuts.
• Orangutans have 2 legs which they use like hands,
  legs are very helpful when climbing trees or
  walking on the ground.
• Their weight is also an adaptation because they
  can bend over to get from tree to tree

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Energy Predator Prey Relationships

• One of the Orangutans predators are Sumatran
  tigers, leopards, and of course humans
• When they confronted with one of these predators
  they usually can escape into trees
• They eat mainly fruit. Their favorite being
  Durian.
• When fruit is scarce they feed on leaves, bark,
  tree layers beneath the bark, some grasses, ants,
  caterpillars, honey and are know to eat squirrels
  
• They drink in the hollows of trees, tree branches
  instead if going to the ground

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Behavior in regards to seasonal changes

• Our animal an orangutan does not change during
  the seasons. This is because in the rain forest,
  there are no different seasons except for drops
  and raises in rain fall.

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Orangutan Scrap Book
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Rain Forest

• The rain forest is the orangutans natural habitat
• This habitat is a wet, green jungle that is full
  of other life besides the orangutans
• The rain forests trees can be far apart or
  really close together making it easy to walk
  across
• These fascinating forest are found near the
  equator.
• The rainforest covers only 7 of the earths land
  surface
• The orangutans live in the rain forest of
  Indonesia islands of Borneo and Sumatra

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The Food Chain
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Symbiosis

• The orangutan does not take part in any symbiosis
  because they are solitary organisms.

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Fun Facts

• Did you know that orangutans munch on over 400
  different types of plants
• When male orangutans call to females their call
  can be heard from half a mile and can last up to
  3 minutes
• Mom orangutans can use themselves as bridges to
  help the child get across trees safely.
• Orangutans are bad swimmers so to test the depth
  of the water they take a stick and push it down
  into the water.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

• The area in which an orangutan lives is called
  its home range. Usually it is very large.
• As a baby orangutan gets older it starts to ride
  on its mothers back.
• Male dont mature until they are 10.
• Females mature at age 7, but dont give birth
  until 10 years old.
• Orangutans can live as long as 50 years old.
• Are born live not in eggs.
• Orangutans win a gold trophy for being the
  largest animal that spends most of its life in
  the trees

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Bibliography

• Zoo books the orangutans by John Wexo
• Rainforests by Greg Reid
• Animal close-ups the orangutan by Christen Sound
• Our Wild World By Deborah Dennard