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  • Some slightly unclear percentage of the proceeds go to a group called Orangutan Outreach.

    Kat with a K 2009

  • The Orangutan is another member of the great ape family.

    TravelsWithSheila.com 2008

  • Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Officials from Jogja Orangutan Center and veterinary faculty of Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia examined Ucok, an 8-year-old orangutan, on Thursday, to find out if she is pregnant.

    Southeast Asia in Pictures 2011

  • Centre for Orangutan Protection/Associated Press Tori, a five-year-old male orangutan, smoked at the Taru Jurug Zoo in Java, Indonesia, Sept. 14.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • A nature documentary or Animal Planet series like Meerkat Manor or Orangutan Island which follows a specific group of animals through the lens of human observations.

    George Heymont: Mother Nature Provided The Soundtrack George Heymont 2010

  • Biology When Cultures Go Ape Photo Researchers, Inc. Bornean orangutan Orangutan populations possess their own cultures—passing along idiosyncratic forms of behavior through the generations—according to a study that draws on observations of 11 populations, in Borneo and Sumatra, over 40 years.

    Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2011

  • Balding guy with the red outfit is the Red Ghost (can turn intangible) and the apes are his minions the Super Apes: Mikhlo the Gorilla (superhuman strength and durability), Igor the Baboon (shapeshifter), and Peotr the Orangutan (magnetic control similar to Magneto).

    Marvel Sneak Peek: Fall of the Hulks Alpha | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Michelle Desilets, executive director of the Orangutan Land Trust, says she started to see the shift about five years ago.

    Glenn Hurowitz: Of Thin Mints and Orangutans Glenn Hurowitz 2011

  • Zuma Press Activists from the Center For Orangutan Protection demonstrated for the protection of endangered orangutans in front of the Embassy of Malaysia in Jakarta on Nov. 22.

    Southeast Asia in Pictures 2011

  • Michelle Desilets, executive director of the Orangutan Land Trust, says she started to see the shift about five years ago.

    Glenn Hurowitz: Of Thin Mints and Orangutans Glenn Hurowitz 2011

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