Great Indonesia :)

    31 Oct 2009

    Orangutan in Tanjung Puting, Central Borneo/Kalimantan, Indonesia. Orangutans are a species under continual threat of extinction in the wild due to habitat loss as the forests of Borneo/Kalimantan and Sumatra are being converted for human use. Known for their intelligence, they live in trees and are the largest living arboreal animal. They have longer arms than other great apes, and their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes. They are currently found only in rainforests on the islands of Borneo/Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia. According to research psychologist Robert Deaner and his colleagues, orangutans are the world’s most intelligent animal other than humans, with higher learning and problem solving ability than chimpanzees, which were previously considered to have greater abilities. A study of orangutans by Carel van Schaik, a Dutch primatologist at Duke University, found them capable of tasks well beyond chimpanzees’ abilities — such as using leaves to make rain hats and leakproof roofs over their sleeping nests. He also found that, in some food-rich areas, the creatures had developed a complex culture in which adults would teach youngsters how to make tools and find food.

    Orangutan in Tanjung Puting, Central Borneo/Kalimantan, Indonesia.

    Orangutans are a species under continual threat of extinction in the wild due to habitat loss as the forests of Borneo/Kalimantan and Sumatra are being converted for human use. Known for their intelligence, they live in trees and are the largest living arboreal animal. They have longer arms than other great apes, and their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes. They are currently found only in rainforests on the islands of Borneo/Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia.

    According to research psychologist Robert Deaner and his colleagues, orangutans are the world’s most intelligent animal other than humans, with higher learning and problem solving ability than chimpanzees, which were previously considered to have greater abilities. A study of orangutans by Carel van Schaik, a Dutch primatologist at Duke University, found them capable of tasks well beyond chimpanzees’ abilities — such as using leaves to make rain hats and leakproof roofs over their sleeping nests. He also found that, in some food-rich areas, the creatures had developed a complex culture in which adults would teach youngsters how to make tools and find food.

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