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orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus




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8 Comments

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 3 months ago

Adorable !

VivBraznell
VivBraznell a year ago

Were these photos taken in a sanctuary/orphanage centre or in the wild please Sergei?

VivBraznell
VivBraznell a year ago

Fabulous set of photos!

achmmad
achmmad a year ago

C'mon! National Geographic Spotting of The Week! (*for me!) I think this is the most threatened species together with Javan Rhino and Sumatran Tiger! Save them! anyway ... a very beautiful photos!

Asief Abdi
Asief Abdi a year ago

Hidup Orang utan!!!... Lestarikan Orangutan!!!... Haha...

Seema
Seema a year ago

Very anthromorphic expression..

Apple
Apple a year ago

Fantastic photos!

dedes
dedes a year ago

SAVE ORANGUTAN !

in Kalimantan have been many cases of murder and the sale of the orangutan, the longer its population decline, habitat increasingly narrow as more oil palm plantations and coal mining in Kalimantan forests. even the most shocking massacres have occurred orangutan. according to records there are 750 orangutans have died in suicide in recent years. orangutan is considered as an enemy of oil palm plantation companies. Based on the police investigation, residents lured by money or by Rp1juta or ($ 100) to eradicate an orangutan. now there are two suspects, from employees of oil palm plantation companies.

http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/2...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesia/berita_in...

Indonesia

Lat: -2.74, Long: 111.73

Spotted on Feb 25, 2012
Submitted on Mar 1, 2012

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