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orang-utan

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orang-utan
a small anthropoid ape, 150 lb, 5 ft tall, covered with mahogany colored hair and with a striking facial similarity to humans. Herbivorous, not very agile and sleeps in trees. Called also Pongo pygmaeus.


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TWO-WEEK-OLD Iznee looks content in the arms of her mother, Bornean Orang-utan Sarikei.
Summary: A dog and an orang-utan have forged an unlikely friendship at an animal sanctuary.
Orang-utan Suryia became best pri-mates with Roscoe the hound, after their paths crossed at a sanctuary for endangered animals in South Carolina.
 
 
 
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