Orangutans

The World's Most Intelligent Animals (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Intelligence, Dolphins, Elephants, Gorillas, Pigs, Slidepoll, Orangutans, Animal Tricks, Smart-Animals, Orcas, Animals, Green News

Animals do some amazing things... every week a new video goes viral, proving just how fascinatingly smart animals really are. Check out this slideshow...

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Orangutan And Hound Dog Become Best Friends (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Orangutans, Hound Dog, National Geographic, Cute Animals, Animals, Animal Love, Cute Animal Videos, Green News

Okay, This might just be the cutest video HuffPost Green has ever seen. Surya the orangutan falls in love with Rosco the hound dog, and then they roll...

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This Week in Animals: Blended Families, Panda Porn, Marching Penguins And More! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

The HuffPost Green page showcased some wild animal stories this week including scientific studies, animal videos and remarkable photos. Don't forget t...

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A Day At The Smithsonian's National Zoo In Washington DC (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Tigers, Cute Baby Animals, Zoo, Gorillas, Orangutans, Alligator, Baby Animals, Animals, Cute Animals, Zoo Animals, Smithsonian's National Zoo, Slidepoll, Green News

The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC hosts an incredible variety of animal life, including native American alligators, orangutans, Sumatran...

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Ape Sh*t

Suz Redfearn | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Browse, Chimps, Poop, Sex, Gibbons, Gorillas, National Zoo, Crap, Orangutans, Sushi, Leaf-Eater Biscuits, Digestion, Great Apes, Sanitation, Coprophagia, Living News

Pre-gorilla poo eating, I'd been able to protect my daughter from the dark and perplexing side of life. But post poo-eating, everything had changed.

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Indonesia: New Orangutan Population Found

AP | ROBIN McDOWELL | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

Read More: Endangered Animals, Orangutans Indonesia, Orangutan, Indonesia Orangutans, Indonesia, Orangutans, Borneo, Animals, World News

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia _ perhaps as m...

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Orangutan Hospital Cares For Adorable, Rejected Babies

Mail Online | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Orangutan Nursery, Orangutans, Orangutan ER, Orangutan Hospital, Animals, Green News

Hooked up to a drip, wearing just a nappy and a forlorn expression, the tiny infant stares out through the bars of his cot at the frenzy of activity a...

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Ape Advocate Cries Foul Over Super Bowl Simians

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Center for Great Apes, Jane Goodall, Trained Chimpanzees, Television Commercials, Super Bowl Ads, Advertising, Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation, Orangutans, Super Bowl Commercials, Chimpanzees, Animals, Green News

The half-minute commercial may have generated a few laughs, and somehow even spiked motor oil sales, but the price paid by the animal actors isn't worth it.

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The Problem With Palm Oil

Michael Brune | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Human Rights, Rain Forests, Orangutans, Environment, Climate Change, Rainforests, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Hsbc, Matt Mckinney, Indonesia, Palm Oil Production, Malaysia, Agribusiness, HSBC Rainforests, Green News

The ubiquity of palm oil in the United States and Europe is driving out the subsistence agriculture that people in Indonesia and Malaysia depend on for food.

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Why do Oragutans Care About Global Warming?

Todd Carmichael | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Orangutans, Environment, Borneo, Palm Oil, Global Warming, Birute Gladikas, Global Climate Change, Green News

In short, the very events that are driving the Orangutan to extinction are the same that threaten our planet's climate.

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