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My animal is the Orangutan. They are located in Sumatra and Borneo in the forests and tropical forests. They mostly eat wild fruits like lychees, mangosteens, and figs, and slurp water from holes in trees. Orangutan's are fairly solitary animals, males and females usually just come together to mate. Females reach the reproductive age at about 10, and can remain fertile for 30 years. The females typically give birth to one baby only once every 8 years. The baby is born after an 8 month pregnancy. Then the baby stays with it's mother for about 6 or 7 years. Orangutans have 97 percent of the same DNA as humans.

 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the Bornean Orangutan's status as endangered and the Sumatran Orangutan as critically endangered. Why? Because of the loss of habitat due to heavy logging and illegal strip mining of rainforest areas. The Orangutan Foundation International is helping the orangutans have a habitat and protecting them from danger and understanding their habitat while caring for the orangutan orphans.

What I would do to to help the orangutangs is speak at schools, organizations, and also my cheer gym to raise money and send to the organizations such as the Orangutan Foundation, WWF, or Orangutan Foundation International. I could also raise money by going door to door, or a lemonade stand in the hot Texas sun. I could raise hundreds of dollars, even just one dollar counts.

Bibliography

http://worldwildlife.org/species/orangutan

http://www.ecomii.com/jeff-corwin/animals/orangutan

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/great_apes/orangutans/borneo_orangutan/

http://www.thosefunnypictures.com/picture/7695/orangutans.html

http://www.orangutan.org/

http://www.orangutan.org.uk/

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