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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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The first was a paper in Proceedings Of The Royal Society entitled Orang-Utans Use Leaves To Lie About Their Size.
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There are between 50,000 and 60,000 orang-utans on Borneo and 7000 on Sumatra.
 
 
 
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