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Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan
Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan

Airplane view of peatland being drained and cleared in Borneo
Airplane view of peatland being drained and cleared in Borneo

Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth
Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth

Mama Orangutan with baby in her lap
Mama Orangutan with baby in her lap

Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan
Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan

Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_0482]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_0482]

Large Orangutan Looking into Camera
Large Orangutan Looking into Camera

Orangutan discovers the value of using tools
Orangutan discovers the value of using tools

Dragonfly with rainbow wings
Dragonfly with rainbow wings

Orangutan discovers the value of using tools [kalimantan_0604]
Orangutan discovers the value of using tools [kalimantan_0604]

Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0471]
Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0471]

Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0511]
Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0511]

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo

Orangutan wading through the water
Orangutan wading through the water

Black and brown cricket
Black and brown cricket

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0578]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0578]

Young Orangutans hanging out
Young Orangutans hanging out

Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_0483]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_0483]

One Orangutan helps another on the seesaw
One Orangutan helps another on the seesaw

Red, green, and turquoise damselfly
Red, green, and turquoise damselfly

Orangutan stands up on two legs
Orangutan stands up on two legs

Large Orangutan Looks Askance
Large Orangutan Looks Askance

Orangutan on a rock in Central Kalimantan
Orangutan on a rock in Central Kalimantan

Young Orangutans learning to using tools
Young Orangutans learning to using tools

Orangutan with a coconut hat
Orangutan with a coconut hat

Margin between forest and peatland
Margin between forest and peatland

Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth [kalimantan_0535]
Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth [kalimantan_0535]

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0589]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0589]

Baby Orangutan accidentally drops its food
Baby Orangutan accidentally drops its food

Young Orangutan attempts to sucks honey out of hollowed log
Young Orangutan attempts to sucks honey out of hollowed log

One Orangutan helps another on the seesaw [kalimantan_0607]
One Orangutan helps another on the seesaw [kalimantan_0607]

Stick insect [kalimantan_9031]
Stick insect [kalimantan_9031]

Peatlands of Borneo
Peatlands of Borneo

Orangutan eating a stick
Orangutan eating a stick

Endangered Borneo orangutan
Endangered Borneo orangutan

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0574]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0574]

Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_9026]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_9026]

Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0547]
Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0547]

Young Orangutan plays on seesaw
Young Orangutan plays on seesaw

Two young orangutans play with sticks
Two young orangutans play with sticks

Fisherman's haul near Nyaru Menteng
Fisherman's haul near Nyaru Menteng

Logged tree in a peat swamp
Logged tree in a peat swamp

Forest degraded by baby orangutans
Forest degraded by baby orangutans

Orangutan stands up on two legs [kalimantan_0301]
Orangutan stands up on two legs [kalimantan_0301]

Orangutan relaxing against rock
Orangutan relaxing against rock

Orangutan with corn on its lips
Orangutan with corn on its lips

Logged peat forest in Borneo
Logged peat forest in Borneo

Researcher helps Orangutan exercise [kalimantan_0551]
Researcher helps Orangutan exercise [kalimantan_0551]

Large Orangutan Looks Askance [kalimantan_0410]
Large Orangutan Looks Askance [kalimantan_0410]

Adult Male Orangutan looking out on the river
Adult Male Orangutan looking out on the river

Cut timber awaiting shipment in Central Kalimantan
Cut timber awaiting shipment in Central Kalimantan

Close Up: Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell
Close Up: Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell

Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0400]
Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0400]

Heart-shaped insect
Heart-shaped insect

Orphaned Orangutans playing [kalimantan_0510]
Orphaned Orangutans playing [kalimantan_0510]

Orphaned Orangutan drinking milk while another looks on
Orphaned Orangutan drinking milk while another looks on

Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0457]
Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0457]

Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0546]
Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0546]

Three Orangutans on a hill
Three Orangutans on a hill

Two young orangutans gossip on a play structure
Two young orangutans gossip on a play structure

Peatland scrub
Peatland scrub

Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java
Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java

Degraded forest and peatlands in Central Kalimantan
Degraded forest and peatlands in Central Kalimantan

Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight
Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight

Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java [kalimantan_0005]
Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java [kalimantan_0005]

Orangutans feasting on corn
Orangutans feasting on corn

Orangutan eating a flower
Orangutan eating a flower

Large Orangutan Looks Askance [kalimantan_0424]
Large Orangutan Looks Askance [kalimantan_0424]

Orphaned Orangutans playing
Orphaned Orangutans playing

Small Orangutan contemplates life
Small Orangutan contemplates life

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0049]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0049]

Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0406]
Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0406]

Researcher helps Orangutan exercise
Researcher helps Orangutan exercise

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0569]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0569]

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0580]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0580]

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0568]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0568]

Orangutan in Central Kalimantan
Orangutan in Central Kalimantan

Orangutan with a coconut hat [kalimantan_0523]
Orangutan with a coconut hat [kalimantan_0523]

Orangutan enjoying watered down corn
Orangutan enjoying watered down corn

Orangutan playing with coconut
Orangutan playing with coconut

Young Orangutan playing with branch
Young Orangutan playing with branch

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0053]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0053]

Peatlands of Borneo [kalimantan_0062]
Peatlands of Borneo [kalimantan_0062]

Fruit bat
Fruit bat

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0013]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0013]

Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth [kalimantan_0532]
Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth [kalimantan_0532]

Orangutans eating corn
Orangutans eating corn

Orangutan with a coconut hat [kalimantan_0525]
Orangutan with a coconut hat [kalimantan_0525]

Orangutan wading through the water [kalimantan_0312]
Orangutan wading through the water [kalimantan_0312]

One orangutan examins another
One orangutan examins another

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0611]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0611]

Large Orangutan Looking into Camera [kalimantan_0422]
Large Orangutan Looking into Camera [kalimantan_0422]

Young Orangutan walking on its knuckles
Young Orangutan walking on its knuckles

Orangutan playing with coconut [kalimantan_0555]
Orangutan playing with coconut [kalimantan_0555]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9056]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9056]

Baby Orangutan Playing with a Branch
Baby Orangutan Playing with a Branch

Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0413]
Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0413]

Young Orangutan attempts to use a large stick in a tiny hole and fails
Young Orangutan attempts to use a large stick in a tiny hole and fails

Orangutan examins coconut with a stick
Orangutan examins coconut with a stick

Young Orangutan eating fruit
Young Orangutan eating fruit

Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans
Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans

Orangutan Sitting On A Coconut
Orangutan Sitting On A Coconut

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9060]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9060]

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0572]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0572]

Red, green, and turquoise damselfly [kalimantan_0473]
Red, green, and turquoise damselfly [kalimantan_0473]

Full Lipped Orangutan
Full Lipped Orangutan

Sand mining in Central Kalimantan
Sand mining in Central Kalimantan

Orangutan wade out towards camera
Orangutan wade out towards camera

Burned peatland scrub [kalimantan_9039]
Burned peatland scrub [kalimantan_9039]

Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0453]
Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0453]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9045]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9045]

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0018]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0018]

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0043]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0043]

Three Orangutans on a hill [kalimantan_0386]
Three Orangutans on a hill [kalimantan_0386]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9059]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9059]

Small Orangutan contemplates life [kalimantan_0556]
Small Orangutan contemplates life [kalimantan_0556]

Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0412]
Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0412]

Orphaned orangutan finishing the bottle
Orphaned orangutan finishing the bottle

One Orangutan looks up from the feast [kalimantan_0338]
One Orangutan looks up from the feast [kalimantan_0338]

Aerial view of peatland being drained and cleared in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0032]
Aerial view of peatland being drained and cleared in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0032]

Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell
Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9057]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9057]

Felled tree
Felled tree

Floating houses near Nyaru Menteng
Floating houses near Nyaru Menteng

Orangutan showing off his penis [kalimantan_0363]
Orangutan showing off his penis [kalimantan_0363]

Fruit bat [kalimantan_0073]
Fruit bat [kalimantan_0073]

Logged peatland in Borneo
Logged peatland in Borneo

Fruit bat [kalimantan_0078]
Fruit bat [kalimantan_0078]

Aerial view of peatlands in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_9065]
Aerial view of peatlands in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_9065]

Orangutan with oversized walking stick [kalimantan_0369]
Orangutan with oversized walking stick [kalimantan_0369]

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0040]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0040]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9046]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9046]

Orangutan examins coconut with a stick [kalimantan_0270]
Orangutan examins coconut with a stick [kalimantan_0270]

Orangutan eating corn [kalimantan_0289]
Orangutan eating corn [kalimantan_0289]

Orangutan eating corn [kalimantan_0375]
Orangutan eating corn [kalimantan_0375]

Rainstorm approaching over the peatlands of Borneo
Rainstorm approaching over the peatlands of Borneo

Cut timber awaiting shipment in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0140]
Cut timber awaiting shipment in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0140]

Orangutan on a rock in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0389]
Orangutan on a rock in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0389]

Overgrown logging tracks in the rainforest of Central Kalimantan
Overgrown logging tracks in the rainforest of Central Kalimantan

Stick insect [kalimantan_9030]
Stick insect [kalimantan_9030]

Floating houses near Nyaru Menteng [kalimantan_0134]
Floating houses near Nyaru Menteng [kalimantan_0134]

Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans [kalimantan_0500]
Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans [kalimantan_0500]

Red and black weevil eating a spider
Red and black weevil eating a spider

Orphaned Orangutans playing [kalimantan_0508]
Orphaned Orangutans playing [kalimantan_0508]

Orangutan walking on its knuckles
Orangutan walking on its knuckles

Fruit bat [kalimantan_0074]
Fruit bat [kalimantan_0074]

Baby Orangutan looking for a bottle
Baby Orangutan looking for a bottle

Orangutan investigates brush
Orangutan investigates brush

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9052]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9052]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9061]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9061]

Close Up On Baby Orangutan with Bottle
Close Up On Baby Orangutan with Bottle

Orangutans feasting on corn [kalimantan_0164]
Orangutans feasting on corn [kalimantan_0164]

Baby Orangutan on tree trunk holding camera
Baby Orangutan on tree trunk holding camera

Young Orangutan playing with branch [kalimantan_0557]
Young Orangutan playing with branch [kalimantan_0557]

Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0456]
Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0456]

Orangutan walking in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0395]
Orangutan walking in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0395]

Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans [kalimantan_0498]
Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans [kalimantan_0498]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9050]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9050]

Baby Orangutan holding onto tree with both feet
Baby Orangutan holding onto tree with both feet

River band in Central Kalimantan
River band in Central Kalimantan

Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0404]
Orangutan in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0404]

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0015]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0015]

Red, green, and turquoise damselfly [kalimantan_0472]
Red, green, and turquoise damselfly [kalimantan_0472]

Two Baby Orangutans, both orphans
Two Baby Orangutans, both orphans

Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java [kalimantan_0007]
Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java [kalimantan_0007]

Orphaned orangutan finishing the bottle [kalimantan_0111]
Orphaned orangutan finishing the bottle [kalimantan_0111]

Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_9025]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_9025]

Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0455]
Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0455]

Metallic beetle [kalimantan_0484]
Metallic beetle [kalimantan_0484]

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0010]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0010]

Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9041]
Peatland scrub [kalimantan_9041]

Orangutan Sitting On A Coconut [kalimantan_0563]
Orangutan Sitting On A Coconut [kalimantan_0563]

Red and black weevil eating a spider [kalimantan_0459]
Red and black weevil eating a spider [kalimantan_0459]

Red and black weevil eating a spider [kalimantan_0461]
Red and black weevil eating a spider [kalimantan_0461]

Logging road in Central Kalimantan
Logging road in Central Kalimantan

Orangutan with oversized walking stick [kalimantan_0373]
Orangutan with oversized walking stick [kalimantan_0373]

Full Lipped Orangutan [kalimantan_0177]
Full Lipped Orangutan [kalimantan_0177]

Fruit bat [kalimantan_0077]
Fruit bat [kalimantan_0077]

Orangutan hides face in coconut
Orangutan hides face in coconut

Orangutan contemplates the value of eating corn
Orangutan contemplates the value of eating corn

Full Lipped Orangutan [kalimantan_0297]
Full Lipped Orangutan [kalimantan_0297]

Orangutan makes faces
Orangutan makes faces

Orangutan crounching on dead tree
Orangutan crounching on dead tree

Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_0481]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_0481]

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0009]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0009]

Two orangutans playing
Two orangutans playing

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0012]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0012]

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0055]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0055]

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0045]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0045]

Orangutan defends islands by throwing corn at a passing boat
Orangutan defends islands by throwing corn at a passing boat

Orangutans feeding on Orangutan island
Orangutans feeding on Orangutan island

Large Orangutan Eating Corn
Large Orangutan Eating Corn

Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0051]
Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0051]

Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0017]
Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0017]

Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0571]
Young Orangutans learning to using tools [kalimantan_0571]

Red, green, and turquoise damselfly [kalimantan_9027]
Red, green, and turquoise damselfly [kalimantan_9027]

The high density of baby orangutans in Nyaru Menteng has seriously damaged the forest where they forage
The high density of baby orangutans in Nyaru Menteng has seriously damaged the forest where they forage

Orangutan rejects corn
Orangutan rejects corn

Aerial view of peat forest logging in Central Kalimantan
Aerial view of peat forest logging in Central Kalimantan

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