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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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Environmentalist Chris Bradbury, of Binley Woods, who has been campaigning for a better green deal since 1985, says people need to shake off its apathy or face seeing primates like gorillas and orang-utangs only in zoos.
 
 
 
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