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Sumatran Orangutan
Pongo abelii
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Uncommon to other endangered species, orangutans are highly valued as pets. Though illegal, many people want young orangutans as pets and therefore purchase them on the black market. Infant orangutans are difficult to capture because of protective mothers, so the mothers are commonly killed so the infant can be captured. Commonly, the newly captured orangutan baby dies because it undergoes so much stress before even becoming a pet.
Orangutans also suffer from human conflict related to agriculture. Of course, habitat loss, a lot of which is due to illegal logging, is a problem for orangutans.
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Uncommon to other endangered species, orangutans are highly valued as pets. Though illegal, many people want young orangutans as pets and therefore purchase them on the black market. Infant orangutans are difficult to capture because of protective mothers, so the mothers are commonly killed so the infant can be captured. Commonly, the newly captured orangutan baby dies because it undergoes so much stress before even becoming a pet.
Orangutans also suffer from human conflict related to agriculture. Of course, habitat loss, a lot of which is due to illegal logging, is a problem for orangutans.
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Generally 1 or 2 adults will share a kilometer of land. Sometimes, land is shared by as many as8 individuals. Orangutans are mostly solitary, but groups of mother and offspring are common.
Females do not reach reproductive maturity until 155. They reproduce every 8 to 10 years. After giving birth, mothers teach their infants everything. They live over 50 years in the wild ad give birth to 4 or 5 children in their lifetime.
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Generally 1 or 2 adults will share a kilometer of land. Sometimes, land is shared by as many as8 individuals. Orangutans are mostly solitary, but groups of mother and offspring are common.
Females do not reach reproductive maturity until 155. They reproduce every 8 to 10 years. After giving birth, mothers teach their infants everything. They live over 50 years in the wild ad give birth to 4 or 5 children in their lifetime.