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biblio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 6 N: 225] (2498)
Orangutans are the loners and the daydreamers of the great apes. That's probably why I empathise with them so much.

While other apes might go from tree to tree searching for fruit, an orangutan will just sit in the forest canopy for hours on end until the location of the hidden fruit seems to mysteriously reveal itself. Then it will swing over for its meal. Orangutans have even been known to watch villagers use boats to cross the local waterways, and then untie a boat and ride it across the river on their own!
Scientists like to explain the orangutan’s unique approach to problem solving with this example: If a chimp is given an oddly shaped peg and several different holes to try to put it in, the chimp will immediately try shoving the peg in various holes until it finds the hole that the peg fits in. But an orangutan will approach the challenge quite differently. It will stare off into space, or even scratch itself with the peg. Then, after a while, it will offhandedly stick the peg into the correct hole while looking at something else that has caught its interest!
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biblio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 6 N: 225] (2498)
Colour, crop, frame
Edited by:Helkoryo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1780 W: 235 N: 4941] (22130)
Quick work shop on your already lovely image, Adjusted colour to make him more pronounced and warm the picture a little. Cropped to make him closer and framed. Hope you like it. regards Helen