Comments on: Orangutans Are Amazing

By: luke

luke — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:15:28 +0000

Hmmm….. We should be afraid, very afraid.I hear this is really how the planet of the apes started…. 😉

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:14:28 +0000

Thank you for this.After clicking a few links I now have my new desktop wallpaper.http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_05/apeMS2604_800x575.jpg

By: tincture

tincture — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:16:29 +0000

How long until they figure out how to drive? After that it’s only a matter of time before they’re running unlicensed taxis and kidnapping tourists.

By: Gerry L

Gerry L — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:20:26 +0000

That’s a very young male. Give him a little time. It takes young chimps a long time to master nut cracking. Spear fishing is trickier.

By: Richard Zimmerman

Richard Zimmerman — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:11:56 +0000

The orangutan pictured is just one of hundreds living at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, which is operated by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in Borneo (Indonesia) and managed by Lone Droscher Nielsen.Kaja is a small island in the middle of the Rongan River where several dozen orangutans are living until they can be released back into a safe section of the rainforest. The problem is that due to the unchecked spreading of palm oil plantations, the forest is being cut down and orangutans are being slaughtered. This orangutan, like the 650 others at Nyaru Menteng, is an orphan. He watched as his mother was murdered and his forest home was destroyed.You can see him and the others on the series Orangutan Island on Animal Planet.Because of deforestation by the palm oil industry, orangutans are predicted to be extinct in the wild in less than 10 years. To learn more about orangutans and how to help them, please visit the Orangutan Outreach website at redapes.org.Thanks, RichRichard ZimmermanDirector, Orangutan Outreachhttp://redapes.orgReach out and save the orangutans!

By: Transient Reporter

Transient Reporter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:26:26 +0000

Wow, that’s amazing. I bet Ben Stein couldn’t do that.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:43:42 +0000

“reports are that he later figured out how to use spearing to poach fish already caught on lines”So his experiences with humans have turned him into a simian delinquent? So much for “rehabilitation”.