. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. NEST OF ORANG 583 indeed, the cavition. This Ap. in the trees, season, but groiind the crutches to progress is tions as to Orang lias been described as moving with laborious e inhabits flat and forest-clad ground, and lives mainly The male leads a solitary life except at the pairing the female goes about with her family. On the Orang walks with no great ease, and uses his arms as swing the body along. Even on trees the rate of not rapid, and is accomplished with careful investiga- the capabilities of the branches to bear his Fig. 280.—A, Skull
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. NEST OF ORANG 583 indeed, the cavition. This Ap. in the trees, season, but groiind the crutches to progress is tions as to Orang lias been described as moving with laborious e inhabits flat and forest-clad ground, and lives mainly The male leads a solitary life except at the pairing the female goes about with her family. On the Orang walks with no great ease, and uses his arms as swing the body along. Even on trees the rate of not rapid, and is accomplished with careful investiga- the capabilities of the branches to bear his Fig. 280.—A, Skull of a young Orang-Utan. Simla satynis. (One-third natural size.) B, Skull of an adult Orang-Utan. (One-third natural size.) (Prom Wiedersheim's Structure of Man.) The " Man of the Woods " has been stated to build a hut in trees. This is an exaggeration of the fact that it constructs a temporary nest. One of these nests has lately been described elaborately by Dr. Moebius. It was found (by Dr. Selenka) on the fork of a tree at a height of 11 metres from the ground. Every night, as it appears, or every second night, the animal constructs a new nest for himself, abandoning the old one. So numerous, therefore, are these nests in localities frequented by Orangs, that a dozen can be readily found in a day. The particular nest which Dr. Moebius examined was 1-42 metres long, and at most -80 metre broad. It was built of about twenty-five branches, broken off' and laid for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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