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  • Probably the most powerful one minute campaign video ever produced rolled out across the airwaves; an office worker bloodily munching on an orangutan's finger found neatly wrapped in his Nestlé Kit Kat.

    Scott Poynton: Dancing With Devils Scott Poynton 2011

  • With the average orangutan's life spanning 35 years, Nénette's 41-and-counting proves that captivity delivers, if not necessarily qualitative improvements to life, it certainly adds longevity...and, well, could this make for a historical shift in the consciousness of orangutans?

    Michael Vazquez: On Nénette Michael Vazquez 2011

  • Probably the most powerful one minute campaign video ever produced rolled out across the airwaves; an office worker bloodily munching on an orangutan's finger found neatly wrapped in his Nestlé Kit Kat.

    Scott Poynton: Dancing With Devils Scott Poynton 2011

  • With the average orangutan's life spanning 35 years, Nénette's 41-and-counting proves that captivity delivers, if not necessarily qualitative improvements to life, it certainly adds longevity...and, well, could this make for a historical shift in the consciousness of orangutans?

    Michael Vazquez: On Nénette Michael Vazquez 2011

  • The orangutan's is like a catcher's mitt, but their thumbs are tiny and splayed out to the side; the fingers are long and curved.

    A Handy Bunch: Tools, Thumbs Helped Us Thrive 2010

  • They also had gangling arms as long as an orangutan's but relatively modern hands.

    New Face in Human Family Tree Robert Lee Hotz 2010

  • They had gangling arms as long as an orangutan's, but relatively modern hands.

    Fossil Discovery Offers New Look at Evolution Robert Lee Hotz 2010

  • The orangutan's is like a catcher's mitt, but their thumbs are tiny and splayed out to the side; the fingers are long and curved.

    A Handy Bunch: Tools, Thumbs Helped Us Thrive 2010

  • They also had gangling arms as long as an orangutan's but relatively modern hands.

    New Face in Human Family Tree Robert Lee Hotz 2010

  • They also had gangling arms as long as an orangutan's but relatively modern hands.

    New Face in Human Family Tree Robert Lee Hotz 2010

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