{"id":65396,"date":"2024-08-19T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=65396"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:18:22","slug":"8-fun-facts-about-orangutans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/8-fun-facts-about-orangutans\/","title":{"rendered":"8 fun facts about orangutans, because every day should be World Orangutan Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To celebrate World Orangutan Day, we\u2019ve pulled together some incredible facts about orangutans to inspire you to help protect the unique rainforests they call home.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/0d7fb76b-gp04xfu-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Orangutan Feeding Platform near Tanjung Puting National Park. \u00a9 Ulet  Ifansasti \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"A close up of a mother orangutan. Her baby holds onto her head as she feeds at a feeding station in Tanjung Puting National Park.\" class=\"wp-image-65386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/0d7fb76b-gp04xfu-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/0d7fb76b-gp04xfu-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/0d7fb76b-gp04xfu-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/0d7fb76b-gp04xfu-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/0d7fb76b-gp04xfu.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orangutans at a feeding station run by Orangutan Foundation International.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Ulet  Ifansasti \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-1-orangutans-live-for-a-long-time\">Fact 1: <strong>Orangutans live for a long time.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>They can survive up to 35-40 years in the wild. There are orangutans alive today who were alive during the time of the Berlin Wall. That\u2019s a long time!<br><br>Over their lifetime, orangutans will witness the forests they live in being chopped down or burnt in order to plant more palm trees &#8211; which are used to produce palm oil and palm kernel.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-2-orangutans-sleep-in-nests-in-the-trees-just-like-birds\">Fact 2: <strong>Orangutans sleep in nests in the trees, just like birds.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>They build their nests from branches and leaves before they go to sleep every night. Usually, they will build a new nest every night, although sometimes they reuse old nests. They have even been known to make roofs for their nests to protect themselves from the weather. It takes an orangutan just 10-15 minutes to build these amazing nests.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-3-orangutans-have-learned-how-to-use-medicine-to-deal-with-injuries\">Fact 3: <strong>Orangutans have learned how to use medicine to deal with injuries.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Earlier this year, a wild orangutan in Indonesia was injured. But instead of just leaving the injury to heal on its own, he did something different. The orangutan chewed plant leaves which are known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, and then applied the juice on the open wound. This shocked scientists all around the world &#8211; and is an indication of just how clever orangutans really are.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-4-the-orangutan-can-laugh-just-like-humans\">Fact 4: <strong>The Orangutan can laugh, just like humans!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Orangutans are known to tickle each other, and will often laugh while wrestling or playing with one another.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/220f7728-gp04v6l-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Orangutan in Central Kalimantan. \u00a9 Ulet  Ifansasti \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"A baby orangutan swings between two trees.\" class=\"wp-image-65388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/220f7728-gp04v6l-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/220f7728-gp04v6l-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/220f7728-gp04v6l-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/220f7728-gp04v6l-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/220f7728-gp04v6l.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baby orangutans at the Orangutan Foundation International Care Center in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. Expansion of oil palm plantations is destroying their forest habitat.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Ulet  Ifansasti \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-5-orangutans-can-eat-with-their-feet\">Fact 5: <strong>Orangutans can eat with their feet.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Orangutans will use both their hands and their feet to eat food while moving through the trees! Their feet look almost exactly the same as their hands, with opposable big toes for gripping branches and climbing.<\/p>\n\n<p>Orangutans eat a lot of fruit, including lychees, mangoes, figs, and mangosteens. They\u2019ll also eat leaves and shoots, insects, soil, and tree bark. Sometimes they\u2019ll even eat eggs, or small mammals like the slow loris.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-6-the-word-orangutan-literally-translates-to-person-of-the-forest\"><strong>Fact 6: The word \u2018orangutan\u2019 literally translates to \u2018person of the forest\u2019.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>In Malay and Indonesian, <em>orang<\/em> means \u2018person\u2019. <em>Utan<\/em> is derived from the word \u2018<em>hutan\u2019<\/em> which means \u2018forest\u2019. Orangutans are literally \u2018people of the forest\u2019 &#8211; the forests that they live in define them. Without the rainforests, the orangutans would not exist &#8211; and we are seeing that taking place now as their homes are destroyed through deforestation.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-7-fonterra-and-the-new-zealand-dairy-industry-are-one-of-the-key-reasons-why-orangutans-are-going-extinct\">Fact 7: <strong>Fonterra and the New Zealand dairy industry are one of the key reasons why orangutans are going extinct.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Because there are so many cows in New Zealand, there often isn\u2019t enough grass to feed them. That\u2019s why the dairy industry imports millions of tonnes of palm kernel every year.<\/p>\n\n<p>But there\u2019s a dirty secret behind palm kernel &#8211; it comes from the rainforest-destroying palm plantations in orangutan habitats, the same place that palm oil comes from. The dairy industry here in New Zealand is driving habitat destruction by providing a massive market for this rainforest-destroying palm kernel.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/079b6ca2-gp04z98-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Deforestation for Palm Oil by Bumitama in Indonesia. \u00a9 Kemal Jufri \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"An aerial view of deforestation for palm oil. Half the image shows a lush green rainforest, whilst the other half is felled brown logs. An excavator is in the center, clearing forest material.\" class=\"wp-image-65392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/079b6ca2-gp04z98-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/079b6ca2-gp04z98-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/079b6ca2-gp04z98-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/079b6ca2-gp04z98-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/079b6ca2-gp04z98.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An excavator beside a drainage canal in recently cleared peatland forest in an oil palm concession owned by PT Ladang Sawit Mas, a subsidiary of Bumitama Agri Ltd. The concession contained habitat for numerous endangered species including orangutans and M\u00fcller\u2019s Bornean gibbons.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Kemal Jufri \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fact-8-you-can-take-action-to-protect-the-orangutans-with-us\">Fact 8: <strong>You can take action to protect the orangutans with us!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Join us and call for the phase out of imported feed like palm kernel here in Aotearoa.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-66348 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-stop-fonterra-using-palm-kernel\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/09\/eddb415e-gp0strviu_medium-res-1200px-1024x684.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/09\/eddb415e-gp0strviu_medium-res-1200px-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/09\/eddb415e-gp0strviu_medium-res-1200px-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/09\/eddb415e-gp0strviu_medium-res-1200px-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/09\/eddb415e-gp0strviu_medium-res-1200px-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/09\/eddb415e-gp0strviu_medium-res-1200px.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Landcover, forest clearance and plantation development in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya (PT MJR) palm oil concession. PT MJR is part of the Hayel Saeed Anam group which has a number of palm oil related interests including Pacific Inter-Link which controls HSA&#039;s palm oil refining and trading interests.\" title=\"Landcover, forest clearance and plantation development in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya (PT MJR) palm oil concession. PT MJR is part of the Hayel Saeed Anam group which has a number of palm oil related interests including Pacific Inter-Link which controls HSA&#039;s palm oil refining and trading interests.\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-stop-fonterra-using-palm-kernel\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Stop Fonterra using Palm Kernel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Call on Fonterra to end the use of rainforest-destroying palm kernel on its farms.\n\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        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