Even though it has a blurry spot, this is one of my favorite photographs of the orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) at the Philadelphia Zoo. The enclosure for the animals wasn't a very good proxy for their native habitat, but it's possible (even likely) that the orangutan will become extinct within my lifetime. As a professor of mine who studied them once told my class, if you want to see them in the wild, do not delay.
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Great photo!
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