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Social Behavior Social System
829 wordsWhat makes all primates the same? The primate order consists of a fairly vast number of species some of which I was able to see up close and personal at this classes recent field trip to the San Diego zoo. Indeed the species belonging to this mammalian order can exhibit almost shocking differences from one species to the next. So in an order of animals that contains differences that can be so vast what ties them all together. What exactly is it that makes a primate a primate? Perhaps providing a...
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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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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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Treatment Of Animals Animal Abuse
1,007 wordsSaving Our Fellow Earthlings At the University of Oregon, Barbara Garden-Like, Ph. D. , sewed kittens eyes shut and forced them to jump from a height onto a platform surrounded by water so she could study the effects of sight deprivation on the brain. Cruel and inhumane experiments like this one is an excellent reason why people should recognize the importance of animal right activist groups such as PETA (People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Founded in 1980 by Ingrid E. Newkirk and Alex ...
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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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