orangutan

Noun

Meaning

large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

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A similar study conducted by Thorpe et al. looked at how the most arboreal great ape, the orangutan, held onto supporting branches in order to navigate branches that were too flexible or unstable otherwise. Source: Internet

An orangutan has a large, bulky body, a thick neck, very long, strong arms, short, bowed legs, and no tail. Source: Internet

He played Philo Beddoe, a trucker and brawler who roams the American West searching for a lost love (Locke) accompanied by his brother (played by Geoffrey Lewis ) and an orangutan called Clyde. Source: Internet

Buddicom recalls him swinging from the luggage rack in a railway carriage like an orangutan to frighten a woman passenger out of the compartment. Source: Internet

During the early 2000s, orangutan habitat has decreased rapidly due to logging and forest fires, as well as fragmentation by roads. Source: Internet

In 1953 the bone fragments were exposed as a forgery, consisting of the lower jawbone of an orangutan deliberately combined with the skull of a fully developed modern human. Source: Internet

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