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Orangutans

Meaning "Man or person of the forest" in the Malay language, Orangutans are large arboreal apes living in southeast Asia, specifically on the Islands of Borneo and Sumatra. The Orangutan habitat is tropical rain forest, including hill and swamp areas. They are of the Genus: Pongo, Species: pygmaeus (Borneo) and abelii (Sumatran). Both species are endangered and the Sumatran abelii is critical.

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Why is it dangerous to go into the sun without any protection?

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In short, sunlight is made of light waves. These light waves are of various energies. The small band of energy we can see is called the visible spectrum. These waves are not dangerous to us. There are light waves that are slightly higher in energy these are known as Ultra Violet(UV) rays. These rays contain enough energy to penetrate your skin cells and cause damage to your DNA. This damage can lead to serious side effects such as skin cancer if you body is unable to properly repair the damage. Luckily the vast majority of the time your body is able to repair the damage through a number of highly complex DNA repair mechanisms.

How many days until january31 2011?

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As of the day that question was asked, October 29, 2010, and including the start and end dates in the calculation, there are 93 days between the chosen dates.

What Facts about orangutans?

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the name "orangutan" means person in the forest orangutans have reddish brownish hair

What day was Aug 25 1965?

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September 22nd 1965 was on a Wednesday

On which continent do orangutans live?

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No. They live in parts of Asia, mainly Borneo and Sumatra.

Where does the hawaiian honeycreeper live?

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it depends on what type of hawaiian honeycreeper it is. i know that iiwis (scarlet hawaiian honeycreepers) live in forest mountains. i hope this helps!

What date is 90 days after November 9 2010?

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30 days after November 24, 2010 is Friday, December 24, 2010.

How many sumatran orangutans are left?

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if you believe this or not but it is critically endangered but there are still 17,700 sumatran orangutans left in the wild

Who knew there where 356 days in a year?

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Aristotle, but actually the are 356 days, 6 hours, 56 min. and 3 seconds a year

How are humans and apes the same?

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they r tha sam by size

What does an orangatang eat?

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primarily fruit, leaves, bark, flowers, insects, and bird's eggs

How do wild pigs adapt to the rainforest?

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It dosn t because a pig lives in normal tree no rain forest did you ever hear a story of a pig in a rain forest

What months have exactly 31 days?

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Remember this using this very old rhyme:-

Thirty days hath September,April, June, and November;All the rest have thirty-one,Save February, with twenty-eight days clear,And twenty-nine each leap year.

So January, March, May, July, August, October, and December have 31.

How many days until September 3 2011?

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There are 254 days between today and September 3, 2011. That's 8 months and 11 days.

Are orangutans good swimmers?

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As far as i know, no, they are not good swimmers.

Do male and female red tailed hawks differ in appearance?

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There is no difference between genders in this species yet there are different types borealis, harlani, krideri, and calurus.

The names used are of course scientific.

How many teeth does an orangutan have?

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Orangutans have as many teeth as an average adult human

How do you differentiate a male orangutan from a female orangutan?

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The male orangutan has a kind of flatened wider face and is quite alot bigger than the female where as the girl orangutan has a face that you have probebly seen in zoos because the male orangutans seem to be more endangered han girls

thank you i hope this helped

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How many babies does a female orangutan produce?

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Orangutans have a very low reproduction rate..about one baby every six to eight years. So yes, orangutan babies are usually single births, and the mother will not begin mating again until the infant is about four years old.

How long are orangutans?

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Exerts estimate that the orangutans could be gone from there home land in about 10 years whay they will do then i dont know

How many days between July 3 2011 and January 20 2012?

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Including the start and end dates in the calculation, there are 231 days between the two dates.

How strong is an orangutan?

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I don't know exactly HOW strong they are but all I know is that they are much much stronger than any Human is.

Lets put it this way. They could rip you apart with their hands....... easily. Plus they have a very strong grip, strong enough to break your hand, arm is even legs by just squeezing it.

Is it you laid down or laid down?

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laid down

Neither - it's lay, the past tense of to lie.