Friday, September 11, 2009

Tania 23 Orangutan

Orangutan
The Orangutan lives on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia.
They eat tropical fruit and also leaves, bark and insects.
Orang-utans can be found in rainforests as well as other forests. They will sleep in trees as well as move through the trees in search of fruit.

Male Orang-utans weigh approximately 45 - 113 kg and are about 120 - 150 cm in height. Female Orang-utans will weigh approximately 27 – 50 kg and are about 90 - 105 cm in height.
Orang-utans’ pregnancy periods last approximately 7 ½ - 8 ½ months. They will most often give birth to one infant, but like humans, they can have two.

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