BBC: The famously tree-loving orangutan may in fact spend more time than previously thought on the ground.
Scientists set camera traps on the floor of the jungle in Borneo, and filmed roughly the same number of orangutans as they did of a ground-dwelling monkey, the pig-tailed macaque.
The results suggest both male and female orangutans may already have coping strategies in place, meaning they could manage if forced to spend more time on the forest floor as deforestation reduces their habitat. ......
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 4th, 2013
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