Endangered orangutans face a new threat

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Public Release: 14-Oct-2015
Endangered orangutans face a new threat
Rutgers study says some habitats may not offer enough high-energy food
Rutgers University

The loss of habitats is the greatest threat to the endangered orangutans, and now a new study says their existence could be further jeopardized if conservation efforts don't include reintroducing these great apes into natural environments with enough high-energy food for them to survive.

In the study, published on October 14 in PLOS ONE, Rutgers researchers found that the density of Bornean orangutans is almost two times greater in an Indonesian peat-swamp forest - just 39 miles from similar surroundings where orangutans must survive on thousands of calories less each day for most of the year.

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