Meanwhile it has been decided, humanely, not to break the news to the orang-utan himself until the weather gets cooler. |
It was along this tramway that Mr. Wallace shot the orang-utan mentioned in an earlier part of this chapter. |
My own comparisons shew that of the material at my disposal the mandible of an orang-utan comes nearest to the Mauer jaw. |
An orang-utan weighs about the same as a man, but its brain weighs only a pound, against three pounds for a man. |
Our first morning cruise brought us a close encounter with an impressive male orang-utan. |
Stories are told by natives of the orang-utan seizing and carrying away young Dyak girls to their dens in the forests. |