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Little man of the forest

Pongo

Photo by lmdang
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Recognising how similar they are to humans, orangutan is Malay for man of the forest.

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Orangutan

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Comments (6)
polerpress
And cute pictures! I love orangutans!
polerpress
I would add this to : http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7973468
Ashish
Is it Pongo pygmaeus.. a very young one..?

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PublishedAugust 17, 2011

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