Are Orangutans Dangerous
Threat of Orangutan extinction Apes in Danger BBC. Orangutans and gorillas are critically endangered. How Dangerous Are Orangutans Compared To Chimpanzees And Gorillas Quora Because of legal and illegal logging fires and the Slash and Burn method to plant large scale palm oil plantations the population of orang-utans has decreased by 80 over the last 75 years according to ICUN Red List. Are orangutans dangerous . Chimpanzees and bonobos are endangered. They arent too dangerous but are still strong. The dominant males do their best to stay as far apart from each other as they cana minimum of 100 hectares is required. Orangutans are very susceptible to a variety of illnesses both in captivity and in the wild. The conservation agency has files on shocking attacks on orangutans carried out by palm oil plantation workers on the orders of their bosses who claim the animals are damaging their plants. This aggression can manifest itself even in chimps that have been lovingly cared