Orangutan

Orangutan means 'forest man' a very suitable name for the largest of the tree dwelling apes, a large male can weigh 90 kg.
Orangutans live in Andalas island and Borneo island, in Indonesia and Malaysia. They are very gentle animals and live quietly several meters off the ground. They spend their time moving meal to meal by passing from tree to tree, swinging rather than jumping, using their long arms to carefully reach out the gaps among trees.
It is thought that trere are abou 150.000 wild orangutans, but only about 20.000 are in severs and safety protected from danger. The main threat to the orangutanp comes from the logging companies, of from people who illegally capture and sell orangutan as pets. The logging companies exploit the living rain forests for timber but in doing so destroy the environment for orangutans. The orangutans need dense forest so they can easily move from tree to tree in searching for food. The destruction of the rain forest could also bring about the extinction of the orangutans. They cannot survive without dense living forests.