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An orang-utan is a big ape with long red hair.
Apes are very big monkeys.
They live in the treetops in thick jungles on just two islands.
Grown up orang-utans live by themselves.
Young orang-utans stay with their mothers until they are about 10 years old.
Orang-utans have very long arms to help them swing from branch to branch.
Baby orang-utans hang onto their mother's fur.
Orang-utans eat fruit, leaves, buds and tree bark.
Sometimes they eat small insects or eggs.
The forests where they live are being cut down.
We can sometimes see orangutans in a zoo.
Words
orang-utan
Large apes. They are the only apes that live in Asia. The other apes live in Africa.
Say - uh-RANG-oo-tan
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