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Around 50 percent of orangutans have fractured bones

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Photo courtesy: Kazi Faiza Tasnim Neha

Orangutans seem to drift through branches from tree to tree with relative ease. However, almost all orangutans suffer serious falls at least a few times in their lives. Proving this is the fact that 50 percent of adult orangutans have fractured bones somewhere in their body.


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