Adult male orangutans can weigh up to 200 pounds. Flanged males have prominent cheek pads called flanges and a throat sac used to make loud verbalizations called long calls. An unflanged male looks like an adult female.

There are two different types of adult male orang-utan: flanged and unflanged. Flanged males have prominent cheek pads called flanges and a throat sac used to make loud verbalizations called 'long calls'. They also have a long coat of dark hair on their back. The unflanged male looks like an adult female.

Documentary film of Sebangau. Sebangau peat swamp area is a habitat orangutan in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Produced by WWF Indonesia @ 2003.

Some adult male orangutans develop flaps of fatty tissue on both sides of their face - known as flanges - which develop when they're fully mature, at around 35 years old. Like all great apes, an orangutan has a long lifespan and can live to over 30 years in the wild—many live to 50.

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There are two different types of adult male orang-utan: flanged and unflanged. Flanged males have prominent cheek pads called flanges and a throat sac used to make loud verbalizations called 'long calls'. They also have a long coat of dark hair on their back. The unflanged male looks like an adult female.

Orangutans spend most of their lives up in trees, foraging, moving between branches, and building treetop nests for resting during the day and for a good night's sleep. Orangutans are primarily tree-dwelling primates, but Bornean orangutans, both males and females, are also known to walk on the ground to forage for food or travel to other areas.

2019年8月18日 · Male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) © David Lawson / WWF-UK Orangutans can live up to 50 years in the wild. Bornean orangutan female 'Tata' and her unnamed baby aged 2-3 months portrait (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii).

Adult males are typically solitary while females are accompanied by offspring. Historically, the Sumatran orangutan was distributed over the entire island of Sumatra and further south into Java. The species' range is now restricted to the north of the island with a majority in the provinces of North Sumatra and Aceh.

2018年10月5日 · One distinctive feature of orangutans, especially males, is the ability to emit a long call or long call. A long call is a sound that is emitted repeatedly and can be heard from a long distance. Adult male orangutans can make long calls. This is because adult male orangutans have large throat pouches that can expand.