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A SOS Sign from Orangutans

July 21, 2008
By Brahmanto Anindito
A SOS Sign from Orangutans

By: Brahmanto Anindito Pongo pygmaeus is species that dwell in Borneo island, and Pongo abelii is species that dwell in Sumatra. They are the only surviving species in the genus Pongo. We simply call them orangutan. It was taken from the words “orang” (man) and “hutan” (forest). Physically, they really resemble human (of the...
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