21. Center For Orangutan And Chimpanzee Conservation Nonprofit Wauchula, Florida organization providing permanent sanctuary for discarded and abandoned pets. Includes photos of the sheltered animals and http://www.prime-apes.org/

Center for Great Apes (Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation) Please visit our support page to learn about ways you can help our apes. The Center for Great Apes, located in Wauchula, Florida, was founded in 1993 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its primary purpose is to provide a permanent sanctuary in a safe and enriching environment for orangutans and chimpanzees in need of long-term life care specifically those who have been used in entertainment, kept as pets by private owners, or served as research subjects. The Center began as an effort to offer lifetime care for five young apes born at a private breeding facility before they were sold as pets or entertainers, and so far, has taken in many more apes with circus, entertainment, pet, and research backgrounds. Currently, the Center houses

22. ScienceNOW -- Sign In May 31, 2007 But now, researchers have observed orangutans walking in a way that resembles human locomotionalbeit along the branches of trees. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/531/1

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24. Sumatran Orangutan - Pongo Pygmaeus Public education and awareness of orangutans and orangutan needs; Legislation; Reintroduction and rehabilitation programs http://www.scz.org/animals/o/orang.html

© Sedgwick County Zoo, credit: Vernon McGee Sumatran Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus abelii Physical Characteristics These apes have long reddish-brown hair, very long arms and a large, heavy body. Adult males have large cheek pouches. They have an opposable thumb and big toe and long fingers and toes. Size of average adult height: male = 4.5 feet, female = 3.5 feet weight: male = 200+ pounds, female = 110 pounds Approximate life span is 30 - 45 years in the wild and 50 years in captivity. Diet Wild: fruits and leaves Behavior Diurnal (active during the day), nest at night Solitary Males call daily to breeding females, females will congregate briefly Reproduction: single births gestation: 8.5 months young weaned at 7 years Environmental/Global Habitat: large tracts of mature rainforest Distribution: Islands of Sumatra in Southeast Asia Status: Endangered, CITES Appendix I Wild: habitat destruction-logging, human encroachment poaching and smuggling Captive: human disease research sensitivity to human illnesses Conservation Efforts Public education and awareness of orangutans and orangutan needs Legislation Reintroduction and rehabilitation programs Research and Investigation Programs Wild: Burite Galdikas-Orangutan behavior At SCZ: Ethyl Tobach and Gary Greenburg-Orangutan self-awareness studies Suggested Reading Orangutan Endangered Ape , Aline Amon , Jeffrey H. Schwartz

25. Pololu - Orangutan Robot Controller Mega168 Want to build a small robot that doesn’t look like a PCB on wheels? The orangutan is small enough for integrating into a small robot, rather than being the http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/225

Electronics Robot Controllers Orangutan robot controller mega168 Pololu part #: Price Break Unit price (US$) Quantity in stock: Quantity: PCB on wheels? The Orangutan is small enough for integrating into a small robot, rather than being the small robot. With a powerful Atmel mega168 AVR microcontroller, motor drivers, buttons, display, and buzzer, all you need to add is your own chassis, sensors, software,... you know, the fun stuff! Description Pictures (1) Resources (10) FAQs (0) Overview Pololu Orangutan Robot Controller back view. The Orangutan robot controller is a complete control solution for small robots. It includes an 8-character x 2-line liquid crystal display, two bi-directional motor ports, a buzzer, three pushbuttons, and up to 12 user I/O lines, yet the compact module measures only 2.00" x 1.85" and weighs less than 1 ounce. Because of the complete feature set, very few additional components (such as sensors or motors) need to be added to complete the electronic portion of a small robot. The small package allows for greater flexibility in incorporating the electronics into the mechanical design of a robot. AVR microcontroller, which features 16 Kbytes of flash program memory, 1024 bytes of

26. NATURE: Orangutans: Just Hangin' On - Orangutan Tools In 1994, Carel van Schaik of Duke University became the first anthropologist to document the use of tools among wild orangutans. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/orangutans/tools.html

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27. Gunung Palung Orangutan Project The Gunung Palung orangutan Project was established in 1994 by Dr. Cheryl Knott of Harvard University. We integrate scientific research about orangutan http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~gporang/

Home About G.P. Orangutans Research ... Links/News The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project was established in 1994 by Dr. Cheryl Knott of Harvard University. We integrate scientific research about orangutan biology and ecology with conservation programs aimed at the preservation of this highly endangered species and its habitat. Within these pages you will find: information on the location and history of Gunung Palung general information about orangutans descriptions of our scientific research information about the threats to orangutan survival and a link to our conservation program, Yayasan Palung the latest news about orangutan research and conservation and helpful links for more information We thank the following local and international sponsors for their support of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project: Margot Marsh Biodiversity Fund, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , Universitas Tanjungpura (UNTAN) - Pontianuk, Directorate of Nature Conservation (PHKA) , Gunung Palung National Park Office (UTN-CP) Contact: Dr. Cheryl Knott, Harvard University Department of Anthropology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 knott@fas.harvard.edu

28. Orangutan - Definition From The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition of orangutan from the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orangutan

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29. Local News | Woodland Park Zoo's Orangutan Twins Turn 40 | Seattle Times Newspap Towan the orangutan holds one of the wrapped birthday presents he found on his grounds at the Woodland Park Zoo. He was celebrated on Saturday, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004197844_orangs24m.html

self.name = "parentSection"; The Seattle Times Company NWjobs NWautos NWhomes ... Low-graphic version RSS feeds Home Local Home Eastside ... Shopping initnav('timesnav'); initnav('marketplacenav'); Our network sites seattletimes.com Advanced Movies Restaurants Today's events Hi Contact us Sunday, February 24, 2008 - Page updated at 12:28 AM E-mail article Print view Share: Digg Newsvine Woodland Park Zoo's orangutan twins turn 40 By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter PREV of NEXT GREG GILBERT Towan the orangutan holds one of the wrapped birthday presents he found on his grounds at the Woodland Park Zoo. He was celebrated on Saturday, as was his twin sister, Chinta. COURTESY OF MARIAN DAVENPORT Marian Davenport holds twin orangutan babies Towan and Chinta. Now 81, she recalls them clinging to her as she bottle-fed them human baby formula: "Sometimes I'd have a hard time prying them loose." COURTESY OF WOODLAND PARK ZOO Twin orangutan babies Towan and Chinta. Related Zookeepers share favorite memories (PDF) Listen to a male orangutan's mating call Orangutan facts Did you know? Orangutans share 97 percent of their DNA with humans.

30. Orangutan Cards orangutan Cards. Main Card Menu Animal Figurines Gifts Most Popular Cards Help. Choose one of the images below for your card http://www.krittercards.com/orangutan.htm

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31. Orangutan Creature Feature - Orang Utan Information orangutan Creature Feature visit the Orang Utan in Malaysian Borneo. http://www.dive-the-world.com/creatures-orang-utans.htm

Choose Destination: Worldwide Home Destinations Resorts ... Contact Orangutans The Wild Man of Borneo... Playful, intelligent, and sociable, orang utan is one of the most loved and most threatened of all the large apes. Found only in their natural wild habitat in South East Asia (on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra), they live mostly in the treetops where they build nests. It seems strange that we should find such fascination in these animals - who are genetically so close to humans and share many of our characteristics - yet our activity seems certain to cause their extinction within the next few decades. Deforestation means loss of habitat for these wonderful apes, whose cause for survival has now been taken up by many conservationists and lovers of wildlife worldwide. Orang Utan Fact Sheet Family name: Pongidae (the great apes, including gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans) Order name: Primates (which includes 11 families, which include lemurs, monkeys, marmosets, lesser apes, great apes, and humans) Common name: Orangutan Scientific name: Pongo pygmaeus Orang-utans have a large tailless body with a thick neck, very long, strong arms, short, bowed legs which are used much like a second par of arms. Their name has nothing to do with the orange fur covering most of their body: 'Orang' means man and 'Utan' means of the forest. Their similarities to man are many: senses very similar to ours with four fingers and an opposable thumb on each hand. However their feet also have an opposable big toe unlike man (except perhaps in Alabama). Their arm span too is beyond man's being 2.3 m (7.5 feet).

32. Orangutans: Animal Information, Pictures, Map--National Geographic Kids Kids feature about orangutans, with photographs, video, audio, fun facts, an email postcard, and links to other animals. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0102/orangutans2.html

Parents: Subscriptions NG Kids Shop NationalGeographic.com Visit our ... store F U N F A C T S As nighttime approaches in a tropical rain forest in parts of Sumatra and Borneo in Asia, orangutans prepare for sleep. In forks of trees high off the ground, shaggy, red-haired apes bend branches down to form comfortable mattresses of leaves and twigs. They sometimes add a roof built from more branches, so that if it rains they will stay dry. Equipped with very long, powerful arms and hook-shaped hands and feet, these apes climb and swing from tree to tree with ease. They reach from one tree to the next with their long arms, grasping the next branch with long hands or feet, and swing their bodies across the gap. If a baby following its mother reaches a gap between trees that is too wide for it to navigate, its mother makes a living bridge for the baby to scamper across. Text by Catherine D. Hughes True or False? Orangutans have tails. Cool Orangutan Links National Geographic Coloring Book: Orangutan Kids News: Orangutans Stop and Smell the Flowers Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Project Orangutan Foundation International [an error occurred while processing this directive] Kids Home Animals Games Stories ... NG Little Kids Parents, Students, and Educators:

33. Orangutan Cultures And The Evolution Of Material Culture -- Van Schaik Et Al. 29 Here we document similar geographic variation in orangutan behaviors. Moreover, as expected under a cultural interpretation, we find a correlation between http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/299/5603/102?ct

34. Orangutan-lib orangutanlib is a library for Pololu orangutan controllers compiling under AVR Studio 4 + WinAVR. http://orangutan-lib.sourceforge.net/

Home Motivation Hardware Documentation ... Contact Orangutan-lib - Tom Benedict - Steve Judd Supported Subsystems analog.h / analog.c bitfield.h buzzer.h / buzzer.c counter.h / counter.c ... uart.h / uart.c Extensions lcd-bargraph.h / lcd-bargraph.c qti.c / qti.h srf08.h / srf-08.c Planned Support Software TX-UART Welcome to Orangutan-lib Orangutan-lib is a C library for the Orangutan family of robot controllers from Pololu Robotics . Distribution of Orangutan-lib is provided for by Sourceforge.net . It is very much a work in progress, but releases are posted frequently, and we take suggestions for new features on the Pololu Robotics Forums . Plans are also afoot to port the library to the AVR Butterfly, as time allows. The purpose of Orangutan-lib is to provide enough functionality to get someone up and running, to do this using (mostly) easy to read code with lots of comments, and to arrange things so there are as few cross-dependencies as possible, making it easy to take only those features you want and incorporate them into your own code. To put this in terms of robotics, expect Orangutan-lib to give you enough functionality to build a mini-sumo robot or a line follower. To program a robo-magellan platform, you'll need to add a lot of your own code. Orangutan-lib was written under AVR Studio 4 and WinAVR . It should work under other development environments, but the Makefiles are all generated by AVR Studio 4, so expect to have to tweak them. The 0.3 release will include a script for converting all the AVR Studio 4 Makefiles to gcc makefiles. It

35. Web Extra: Oregon Orangutan Picks Bears To Win Super Bowl - AOL Video Inji, an orangutan at the Oregon Zoo, thinks the Bears will win the Super Bowl. She tossed aside the Colts shirt and reached for the Bears one. Inji i http://video.aol.com/video-detail/web-extra-oregon-orangutan-picks-bears-to-win-

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36. Science Netlinks: Science Updates But as far as we know, only one is run by orangutans. At the National Zoo, Azee, age 22 and Inde, age 19, are poring over computer screens, puzzling out http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=34

37. Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions Jan 2, 2008 Indonesia s new 10 year action plan for conserving orangutans will have important benefits in mitigating climate change. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071213204034.htm

Science News Share Blog Cite Print Email Bookmark Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions ScienceDaily (Jan. 2, 2008) See also: Apes Nature Endangered Animals Rainforests ... Old growth forest "In the last 35 years about 50,000 orangutans are estimated to have been lost as their habitats shrank. If this continues, this majestic creature will likely face extinction by 2050," said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the launch of the plan. "The fate of the orangutan is a subject that goes to the heart of sustainable forests ... To save the orangutan we have to save the forest." As part of the orangutan conservation plan developed by the forestry ministry and NGOs, Indonesia will aim to stabilise orangutan populations and habitat from now until 2017 and return orangutans housed in rehabilitation centres to the wild by 2015. The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry led the finalization for this blue print for orangutan conservation and involved key players and a range of experts at both the national and international level. WWF has been actively involved in developing the plan and is part of the small team that finalized the document. Adapted from materials provided by World Wildlife Fund Need to cite this story in your essay, paper, or report? Use one of the following formats:

38. Orangutan - Pongo Pygmaeus orangutans live in the tree tops of the Southeast Asian tropical rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo. They spend most of their lives in trees and descend from http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/orangutan.htm

Orangutan Genus: Pongo Species: pygmaeus The name Orangutan means "man of the forest" in Malay. The Orangutan is the largest of the tree dwelling apes of Southeast Asia. Orangutans can grow up to five feet tall, but males are usually 4 feet tall and females are 3 feet. They have an arm span of 8 feet when full grown. The adult male orangutan can weigh up to 220 lbs. and an adult female can weigh up to 110 lbs. They are heavily built and their arms arevery long and lanky, but their legs are short and weak. Orangutans have long, thin reddish brown hair. They have a high and sloping forehead and a rounded snout. Males have cheek pads made up of fat which keep on growing as they get older. The big toe on each foot can rotate and touch the ends of the other toes, like our hands. So Orangutans have four "hands". When on the ground, Orangutans walk on all four limbs. Their knees are bent inward and their arms are placed either flat or clenched on the ground. Their calls are whining and squeaking sounds. The adult male makes a long roar- like call. Orangutans are duirnal and feed during the day. At night they build a platform style nest out of branches about 40 to 50 feet above the ground.

39. Buffalo Museum Of Science - Humans And Orangutan Humans more features uniquely shared with orangutans than with any other living ape. Schwartz (1984) proposed that humans are more closely related to http://www.sciencebuff.org/humans_and_orangutan.php

Anthropology Botany Geology Invertebrate Zoology ... Staff Picks Orangutans and human origins Evidence Literature Origin Points of View Humans more features uniquely shared with orangutans than with any other living ape. Schwartz (1984) proposed that humans are more closely related to orangutans than to chimpanzees - a model that contradicts the greater genetic similarity of base pair sequences in humans and chimpanzees. The orangutan model presents a conundrum for biological systematics over how to chose between morphological and genetic evidence when they are in conflict. Base pair sequences simiarlity may not always accurately predict phylogenetic relationship and morphology may represent an independently reliable source of information on evolutionary relationships. Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz. Originator of the orangutan theory of human origins. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. USA. Recent Articles Do molecular clocks run at all? A critique of molecular systematics. Biological Theory pdf Grehan, J.R. 2006. Mona Lisa Smile: the morphological enigma of human and great ape evolution. THe Anatomical

40. Orangutan --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on orangutan the only Asian great ape, found in lowland rainforests on the Southeast Asian islands of Sumatra and http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057273/orangutan

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