orangutan

At age 25, Birutė Galdikas, the Canadian anthropologist, was wading through swamps riddled with parasites and leeches trying to catch a glimpse of orangutans, or, as she describes them, “survivors of Eden.”

Borneo island has one of the world's largest tracts of rainforest and hosts orangutans, long-nosed monkeys, clouded leopards, pig-tailed macaques, flying fox bats and the smallest rhinos on the planet.

The orangutan is a keystone species and plays a vital role in maintaining the health of the ecosystem.

They compared human responses to the visual responses of five chimpanzees, two gorillas, and two orangutans at the Basel Zoo.

I have a very public love for orangutans.