Friday, February 14, 2014

Orangutans Walking




Orangutans have been seen in many instances walking. They will stand up straight and scoot on the jungle floor. The males have been seen walking up straight more than the females because the women carry their young on their stomachs. From June 2006 to March 2013, researchers have been observing them in Borneo through 16 hidden cameras. It hasen't been a normal thing for these animals which excites the researchers. These cameras got film of 641 orangutans walking and in the same way.

Read more at:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/orangutans-hit-ground-walking?mode=topic&context=76

NOS Themes
Science is based on evidence: Researchers have been studying these animals behaviors or 7 years.
Science is collaborative: Researchers set up in 16 different sites to see these animal on the move.


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