Orangutan – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:39:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Orangutan – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Orangutans Are Amazing https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/29/orangutans-are-amazing/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/29/orangutans-are-amazing/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:39:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/29/orangutans-are-amazing/ Continue reading Orangutans Are Amazing →]]> i-9286c34340d47da0549ad7ac5b1ff7a6-orang_spear.jpgThis is a photograph of a male orangutan attempting to spear a fish.It is believed that this male has seen fish spearing by local fish spearing men. This is on Kaja Island, in Borneo. Quite a few of the apes in this area are “rehabilitated” having been earlier rescued from human possession. It is often among these rehabilitated apes that we see remarkable behavior of this kind.This method never worked out for this guy, but reports are that he later figured out how to use spearing to poach fish already caught on lines. This photo is actually published in the book Thinkers of the Jungle. The news report is here. Hat tip: Jenny Zick

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Nonja, who was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and lived in Miami since 1983, was found dead Saturday morning, said Ron Magill, spokesman for the Miami Metro Zoo.”Everybody’s very sad, especially with an animal like an orangutan,” Magill said. “You see a lot of yourself in these animals. The great apes are our closest relatives.”[source]

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