What is the niche of the orangutan? Do they have a specific role in the environment, or is their purpose to eat and reproduce?
2007-11-30 18:00:23 · 8 answers · asked by Raina 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No. Those are baboons. Okay, thanks for the answers.
2007-11-30 18:07:59 · update #1
Ummm...my biology homework! lol. We're doing a project on endangered animals, and I chose the orangutans. They're fascinating, but the only thing I didn't get was their purpose.
2007-11-30 18:09:32 · update #2
As a biologist I prefer it when people do not use the word purpose to describe a niche. However, to answer you question they are solitary fruit eaters that spread several varieties of fruit seeds on the island of Borneo. You will have to check into which fruit trees are spread that way as I do not know the specific ones.
2007-12-01 05:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff Sadler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean by "purpose"? No animal has a purpose. They all evolved to fill and exploit a niche. Orangoutans are brachiating tree dwellers that eat fruit. They live in Indonesia.
2007-12-01 05:10:41 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aren't those the weird primates with the bright orange butts that make everyone giggle at the zoo?
2007-12-01 02:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by Roy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a REALLY good question. I'm sure there are some species of SOMETHING that they assist in living, even if they are hosts to parasites...
You're brilliant. Where did you get this question?!
2007-12-01 02:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by Candy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they live in places away from towns and cities.They are similar to us exept the hunt for food and never got to learn or see modern technology.There are lots here in the Philippines
2007-12-01 02:07:46 · answer #5 · answered by encetoy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think their herbivores and are similar to the sloths.. just eat & reproduce.
2007-12-01 02:08:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
organ
2007-12-01 02:03:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
teh same as all of ours: to exist, procreate,hunt and die
2007-12-01 02:04:03 · answer #8 · answered by GG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋