Orangutans Research Paper

Of the five great apes, there is only one “lonely ape”. That ape I am speaking of is the orangutan. After discussing all five great ape species in class, orangutans were the most interesting and intriguing of the bunch, and for that I have chosen to conduct further research on them, and I will go over what I have learned about these animals, such as their environment, social structure, conservation status and efforts, past and present, population, etc. I’ll first start off with a little introduction to orangutans.
To start off, orangutans, which are classified in the Genus Pongo, were considered one species, but that was only until 1996. Since then, they have been defined as 2 different species, Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran (Pongo abelii), of which each tend to differ slightly in some characteristics, such as appearance and behavior. (WWF) For example, both are covered in long, shaggy reddish-brown hair, the Sumatran orangutans tend to have short hair on their faces. (WWF). The Sumatran also have been recorded as to having stronger social bonds than their Bornean counterparts (WWF).
When it comes to their

They have been and continue to help conserve the orangutans, whether it be by decreasing habitat loss, eliminate poaching, etc., they are doing all they can to keep them around. (WWF). One current project that I found interesting was their “Thirty Hills” project. This is a conservation project, which started in August 2015, that is going to be a 60-year challenge to save a very large area, approximately 100,000 acres, of rain forest habitats in a “deforestation hotspot” in Sumatra. (WWF). The area is called “Thirty Hills”, which is where the project got its name, and it is one of the last places on the Earth where elephants, tigers and orangutans coexist together, which is a beautiful thing, and doesn’t deserve to be destroyed.