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Orangutans have often attracted attention in popular culture. They are mentioned extensively in works of fiction and video games, while some captive individuals have drawn much attention in real life.
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Orangutans have often attracted attention inpopularculture. They are mentioned extensively in works of fiction and video games, while some captive individuals...
features a gorilla named Bamba. Gorillas in comics Gorilla suit List of fictional apes Orangutansinpopularculture Quammen, David (April 4, 2013). "Book...
been portrayed and appeared inpopularculture since the 1980s, including several cameo appearances on film and television. In 1989, Ralph Wolfe Cowan painted...
wine and try the sandals on. While the orangutans are enjoying themselves, people catch them and then keep them in cages. When one of them is to be killed...
from Chinese traditions that the xingxing (猩猩 "orangutan") is fond of wine. Monkeys are a common trope in Japanese idioms: ken'en no naka (犬猿の仲, lit. "dog...
hominids ("great apes") Genus Pongo: orangutans Bornean orangutan, P. pygmaeus Sumatran orangutan, P. abelii Tapanuli orangutan, P. tapanuliensis Genus Gorilla:...
in his Oeuvres philosophiques, in which he describes great apes, identifying them with both satyrs and wild men. Many early accounts of the orangutan...
ecological processes. Orangutans are also rehabilitated and returned to the wild from this camp. Since 1971, over 200 orangutans have been returned to...
prominent characters in The Wizard of Oz. However, pop culture often incorrectly labels apes, particularly chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans as monkeys. Terry...
A story in the Justice League of America series fused with H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau and features Jack the Ripper as an orangutan, while the...
gorillas are police officers, the chimpanzees are scientists, and the orangutans are politicians. Eventually, Mérou discovers that humans once dominated...
a prominent subject within North American popularculture. Many dubious articles have been presented in an attempt to prove the skunk ape's existence...
range in Asia. In Western popularculture, the creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman. Many dubious articles have been offered in an...
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written word. The newspaper accounts pique his curiosity; he learns about orangutans from a written account by "Cuvier" — likely Georges Cuvier, the French...
chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, big cats, reptiles, sloths, and others. The nonprofit zoo at times has received community support through in-kind donations...
chimpanzees, Dian Fossey studying gorillas and Biruté Galdikas studying orangutans, were all accused of "that worst of ethological sins – anthropomorphism"...
chimpanzees, Dian Fossey studying gorillas and Biruté Galdikas studying orangutans, were all accused of "that worst of ethological sins – anthropomorphism"...
Creole culture of Belize explosion of punta rock". In Will Straw; Stacey Johnson; Rebecca Sullivan; Paul Friedlander; Gary Kennedy (eds.). Popular Music:...
elephant, the Sumatran rhinoceros, and the Sumatran orangutan. Deforestation on the island has also resulted in serious seasonal smoke haze over neighbouring...
to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans, the zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S. to house giant pandas. Festivals showcasing...
5 ft (0.61 to 1.52 m) in diameter and are constructed by individuals. Gorillas, unlike chimpanzees or orangutans, tend to sleep in nests on the ground....
is also the only zoo in India to house chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, white rhinos and cheetahs. Some of the animals housed in the Mysore Zoo include:...
primarily consists of costumed chimpanzees and orangutans, voiced by human actors, parodying popular television shows, movies, and advertising as well...
and ethnicities in the region. Historically, Southeast Asia was significantly influenced by Indian, Chinese, Muslim, and colonial cultures, which became...
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