Pongo Pygmaeus (Orangutan)

Primate of distinction

Orange shaggy course fur

Native to tropical forests

Great apes with intelligence

Orangutans of Borneo

 

 

People of the Forest

Young ones smile at their mothers

Generally solitary creatures

Males develop large jipeks

Able to use tools to assist them

Each night they build nests to sleep

Utilising all around them

Swinging from tree to tree

(c) Lissie Bull 2023