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Big Male Orangutan at Camp Leaky

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This is a full-grown male moving towards the feeding station at Camp Leakey. Orangutans move through trees by swinging, not jumping, using their long and tremendously strong arms, legs and hands. Males can grow to 185 pounds, twice as large as females.