Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

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Sumatran orangutan overview

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Juvenile Sumatran orangutans playing

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Infant Sumatran orangutans interacting with mothers

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Female Sumatran orangutan suckling young

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Sumatran orangutans feeding on leaves

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Sumatran orangutans stripping bark from tree

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Group of Sumatran orangutans feeding on fruit

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Mother & juvenile Sumatran orangutans drink water from a hole in a tree

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Sumatran orangutan eating the roots of a fern

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Sumatran orangutans eating ants from tree

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Sumatran orangutans modifying and using sticks to dig insects out of a tree trunk

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Sumatran orangutans feeding on durian fruit

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Male Sumatran orangutan using its weight to swing a tree. Mother & infant climbing

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Sumatran orangutans climbing in trees including a mother carrying an infant

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Sumatran orangutans building tree nests

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Sumatran orangutan resting on a branch

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Sumatran orangutan trying to shelter from the rain under leaves

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Sumatran orangutan trying to build a roof of leaves to shelter from the rain

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