SUMATRA
ORANGUTANSumatra Orangutan Rehabilitation Center
With orangutan (mawas) headed for extinction, this center and others like it elsewhere
in Kalimantan preserve wild mawas from slaughter or capture, and rehabilitate
confiscated specimens. At Mawas Rehabilitation Center, you can observe orangutan
undergoing training for a return to their original habitat - a rare opportunity.
The center is a 45 minute walk from Bukit Lawang at the end of a river
trail. A canoe on a cable is provided for crossing the river. A memorable part
of a visit here is the ride out to the reserve through tropical rainforests and
rubber plantations. About The Orangutan
One of the great apes,
the usually vegetarian, tailess mawas is the Asian equivalent of the African gorilla
and chimpanzee. The orangutan is the most arboreal of all the great apes.Their
name, in Indonesia, means "man of the forest".Orangutans cause trees
to sway to reach other trees, and sometimes used forked tree branches as tools
to get at fruit. Orangutan are most often loners, and don't travel in large families.The
whirly hair offers protection from the rain; sometimes they use large leaves to
cover themselves. Onother Orangutan rehabilitation center in Tanjung
Puting National Park , Central Kalimantan serves the quite distinct
Bornean subspecies of this endangered ape. Both center are a joint project of
the WWFand the Indonesian Nature Conservation Agency. For detail information
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