Orangutan
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My 2008 Calendar is now on sale – Click Here / . A gorgeous female orangutan showing that a sense of humor wasn’t a human invention! Orangutans are an endangered species – I currently donate 20% of my yearly profits from all Orangutan sales to Borneo Orangutan Society and have recently donated a number of my images to be used in their orangutan fundraising auctions. Primate conservation is in need of your help. . / . / . / CLICK TO VIEW MY ORANGUTAN SERIES / . / . Click to see more of my photographic artwork / Click to visit me! / / . / .
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Love and friendship doesn’t recognise species boundaries. Orangutans are an endangered species – I currently donate 20% of my yearly profits from all Orangutan sales to Borneo Orangutan Society and have recently donated a number of my images to be used in their orangutan fundraising auctions. Primate conservation is in need of your help. / / / / CLICK TO VIEW MY ORANGUTAN SERIES / / / / Click to see more of my photographic artwork / Click to visit me! / / /
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Submitted to the Sold! group. / Sold 1 Large Mounted Print, black border with artist details, Mystery Buyer / Featured in the “Primates” Group 9/3/08 / Featured by the group “Endangered Species” 7/08. / Top Ten in the “Primates” Group Avatar Challenge 9/28/08 The Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) is the rarer of the two species of orangutans. Living and endemic to Sumatra island of Indonesia, they are smaller than the Bornean Orangutan. The Sumatran Orangutan grows to about 4.6 feet tall and 200 pounds in males. Females are smaller, averaging 3 feet and 100 pounds. Compared to the Bornean Orangutan, the Sumatran Orangutans possess a lighter and longer pelage, a longer face, a smaller stature, and flanges that are covered in small white hairs. Wild Sumatran Orangutans in the Suaq Balimbing swamp have been observed using tools. An orangutan will break off a tree branch that’s about a foot long, snap off the twigs and fray one end. It then will use the stick to dig in tree holes for termites. They’ll also use the stick to poke a bees nest wall, move it around and catch the honey. In addition, orangutans use tools to eat fruit. When the fruit of the Neesia tree ripens, its hard, ridged husk softens until it falls open. Inside are seeds that the orangutans love, but they are surrounded by fiberglass-like hairs that are painful if eaten. A Neesia-eating orangutan will select a five-inch stick, strip off its bark, and then carefully collect the hairs with it. Once the fruit is safe, the ape will eat the seeds using the stick or its fingers. Although similar swamps can be found in Borneo, wild Bornean Orangutans have not been seen using these types of tools. Don’t miss out on these other animal images: ! - - - /
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A baby orangutan sucking its thumb. This critically endangered species demonstrates significant intelligence, with an ability to reason and think. The orangutan is closest relatives, sharing 97% of the same DNA as humans. I’ve been to Borneo (Dec 2007) and was shocked at the amount of jungle cleared to make way for palm oil plantations. Close your eyes, and imagine flying into Sandakan on the east coast – as far as you can see there are rows upon rows of palm trees. Rows upon rows. Then more rows upon rows. Then more rows upon rows. “Orangutans are one of the most critically endangered of the great apes, due to poaching and habitat loss. Based on the World Bank’s estimation that mechanized logging in the Kalimantan forest, (Indonesian Borneo), will result in its total loss by 2010, and other statistics stating that wild orangutans are disappearing at a rate of 5,000 orangutans per year, optimistic predictions give the orangutan ten more years before extinction in the wild.” (Source: Borneo Orangutan Survival UK http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/index.php) www.alexcearnsphotographics.com.au (C) Copyright 2006-2008 Alex Cearns Photographics. All rights reserved.
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Love makes the world go round! A young orangutan and mother showing affection. Orangutans are an endangered species – I currently donate 20% of my yearly profits from all Orangutan sales to Borneo Orangutan Society and have recently donated a number of my images to be used in their orangutan fundraising auctions. Primate conservation is in need of your help. / / / / CLICK TO VIEW MY ORANGUTAN SERIES / / / / Click to see more of my photographic artwork / Click to visit me! / / /
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An Orangutan female – I noticed how beautiful her big eyes were and waited until she dropped her eyes downward to capture a moment of thought and solitude. I loved the idea that she was daydreaming and wondered what was going through her mind… Orangutans are an endangered species – I currently donate 20% of my yearly profits from all Orangutan sales to Borneo Orangutan Society and have recently donated a number of my images to be used in their orangutan fundraising auctions. Primate conservation is in need of your help. / / / / CLICK TO VIEW MY ORANGUTAN SERIES / / / / Click to see more of my photographic artwork / Click to visit me! / / /
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Tiny baby cradled in his mother’s arm. “Orangutans are among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. They share 97% of their genes with us, they are highly intelligent, thoughtful and inventive. They have a culture and aesthetic sense, and they resemble us in facial expression, gesture and many other ways. The red apes, which live only in Borneo and Sumatra, are far more “human” than human beings, and thus probably too good for this world. They are strong as oxen, but do not defend themselves against poachers or the loggers of the palm oil corporations – and are mercilessly slaughtered.” / The whole time I was in Singapore shooting the photos of Orangutans, the sky was white with smoke haze drifting across from Indonesia, where the little remaining rainforest supporting this critically endangered species is being utterly destroyed. Destroyed at such an inconceivable rate that Orangutans will be extinct in the wild by 2010. / Thank Goodness for men like Willie Smits.
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An Orangutan pondering something
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This darling little Orangutan is three and a half months old and already enjoying lychees. The sad thing is that the whole time I was in Singapore there was a smoke haze covering the sun most days. This smoke is drifting across from Indonesia, where they are burning the rainforests at an alarming rate, leaving this baby’s wild relatives in a frightening predicament. I know I would like to see them all free and happy, but for now, at least he is oblivious to the danger faced by his entire species. He is being fed the best food rather than being eaten for food. / When will humanity wake up? Maybe too late for the Orangutan.
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Baby Orangutan, Kasih, from the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona – she is a hit with the audience. / Featured on the Kodak screen at Times Square in NY City.
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Orangutan
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“A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.” Adelaide Zoo, South Australia. Pentax DS.
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cute baby orangutan playing on the grass
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I love going to the zoo when i get the chance. I found these two characters at the LA Zoo. the little one was quite a character and loved to show off. He teased the orangutan incesently. I could not believe the patience the orangutan showed with this little guy. All content & images are © amari, amarica. You may not reproduce any images or written work in any way without written consent from artist. All Rights Reserved.
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I love the interaction between the primates at the zoo. They are very intelligent and social beings. I was at the LA Zoo and i watched these two interacting with each other for the whole time I stood there observing them. I imagined one of them saying to the other, “I was just thinking…” Love these guys. “Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain” All images and writings are the copyright of the artist – © amari, amarica. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying, distributing and/or selling any image without prior written consent from the artist is strictly prohibited and subject to any and all legal remedies.
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A male Orangutan. Orangutans are an endangered species – I currently donate 20% of my yearly profits from all Orangutan sales to Borneo Orangutan Society and have recently donated a number of my images to be used in their orangutan fundraising auctions. Primate conservation is in need of your help. / / / / CLICK TO VIEW MY ORANGUTAN SERIES / / / / Click to see more of my photographic artwork / Click to visit me! / / /
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Taken at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona. This was featured in the November 2007 issue of National Geographic in the “Your Shot” section. / First place winner in Facebook photography competition for Moments in / Time.
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