orangutan
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Trump sued Maher in 2013 over a joke he made on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” challenging Trump to prove he wasn’t the son of an orangutan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
One animal raising questions is a Tapanuli orangutan, seen by AFP, alone in an enclosure clutching a coconut.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Experts say they know of no captive-breeding programme for the Indonesian species, while Vantara believes the orangutan was wrongly identified as a Tapanuli.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Last month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned that wildfires were burning in habitats containing 52% of Borneo's orangutan population.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The image of a new species popped into my head: the rare seafaring green orangutan.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Today, that group encompasses gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Yiari CEO Karmele Llano Sanchez said relocating the eight orangutans to the reserve was a "necessary step" when their habitats became unsafe.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The reserve these orangutans were released into was chosen because it there is food and water available and it is connected to other forested areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Orangutans are critically endangered, and around 104,000 orangutans remain in Borneo and Sumatra, down from more than 230,000 a century ago, according to conservation group WWF.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
In five days the populations of orangutans, zebras, hyenas, rats, flies and cockroaches had been wiped out.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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