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Dominant Male Social Structure
1,760 wordsOrangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus) Man of the Forest Origins The word Orangutan consists of two Malaysian words Oran (person) and Human (forest). Orangutans belong to Primates order of Hominidae family. In Latin, they are referred to as Pongo Pygmaeus. It is believed that their origins can be traced back to Pleistocene period, about 2 million years ago. The area of their habitat used to include most parts of Southeast Asia. However, in our time, orangutans can only be found in secluded areas of Sumatra...
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20 Th Century Tropical Forests
1,791 words... been noticed that male orangutans tend to be less aggressive towards each other, when their social interaction occurs on permanent basis. Usually, this happens when males territories overlap. Female orangutans social role is reduced to raising offspring. Nevertheless, during the mating period, females become much more active. As a rule, males would not approach them, unless being welcomed by a specific mating gesticulation. Male orangutans express their excitement with breaking branches off ...
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Tim Sanderson Anth Tim Sanderson Anth 111 Orangutans
1,040 wordsTim Sanderson Anth 111 In Orangutans Orangutans Tim Sanderson Anth 111 In Malay orang means person and utan is defined as forest. Thus Orangutan literally means Person of the Forest. Orangutans are found in the tropical forests of Sumatra and Borneo. They are the most arboreal of the great apes and move amongst the safety of the trees from one feeding site to the next. They are so well adapted to arboreal life that they cannot place their feet on the ground, instead they walk on the outside of t...
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Murders In The Rue Morgue Point Of View
1,020 wordsThe Murders in the Rue Morgue In Edgar Allen Poe's short story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, a classic detective story is played out in a seedy Paris suburb. The story begins as the narrator meets Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin, a poor but well-read young man. As they become close friends, they live together in seclusion, departing only briefly each evening to take introspective strolls along the dark Paris streets. Soon both the reader and the narrator begin to see Dupin's intimate knowledge of th...
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Knuckle Walk Female Orangutans One
1,015 wordsThe orangutan, Porno pygmies, is an ape that is found in the moist, coastal rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo which consists of Indonesia's Kalimantan provinces, Malaysia's Sabbath and Sarawak, and the kingdom of Brunei Darussalam. Orangutans live in tropical rainforests and are arboreal primates meaning that they are tree dwelling. Orangutans construct nests in the tree branches for the night in which they will curl up and sleep. These nests are made out of leaves and branches and they will som...
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Million Years Ago Endocrine Glands
1,421 wordsHuman Biology and Evolution Humans are Alive The earliest human life form can be traced back more than 3. 5 billion years ago. Humans are said to be descendants of a single celled ancestor. Although they are different in size and shape all basic functions are alike. The more complex the organization of the cell became the more successful and developed it became. As these single celled organisms developed they became known as pre-humans. We share many characteristics with these pre-humans. Some o...
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Los Angeles South America
2,010 wordsLos Angeles Zoo OBJECTIVE The purpose of this observation was to study the activities and behavior of some selected primates, and to discuss the differences and similarities of these primates. It would have been ideal to examine three primates from each continent, but at the Los Angeles Zoo, the primates there only represented Africa, South America and what the Los Angeles zoo calls Eurasia. For this study I observed three different primates from Africa, two primates from South America, and two ...
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