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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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First stop would be Borneo and the orang-utang sanctuary followed by the temples of Thailand, then wherever my mood takes me.
Ee'd only come ter collect an orang-utang - preserved in embalmin' fluid in the barrel
Byline: DAVID CHARTERS OUR chances of finding a way to escape from the aluminium confines of what had been described, amusingly,as an automatic lift, seemed on a par with a higher ape,perhaps an ambitious orang-utang or Arnold Schwarzenegger,learning to thread a needle and munch a peppermint at the same time.
 
 
 
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