Orangutans spend most of their lives high up in rainforest trees.
Strong hands and feet help orangutans climb trees. They swing from branch to branch and tree to tree with their long arms, searching for food.
They eat fruit, nuts, leaves and insects
Do you like climbing? What are some things you have climbed?
Orangutans live on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia.
Baby orangutans learn what to eat by watching their mums
They use their hands and feet to grab food!
Every night, orangutans build a cosy new sleeping nest out of sticks and leaves.
Which other animals sleep in nests? Where do YOU sleep?
A baby orangutan lives with its mum for up to eight years. When it is grown up it will live alone.…
