June's Orang Utan Page

I was first introduced to orang utans through Terry Pratchett's interest in them; not only is one of the main characters of his Discworld books (the Librarian) an orang utan, but he also made a documentary, Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest, about his trip to Borneo to see the endangered orang utan population.

I was fascinated by the intelligence and gentleness of these Great Apes, our closest living relatives, and saddened to learn about the threat of extinction facing the species. Time to learn more, I thought...