1. Re: Orangutan perils

["Marc Myers" primatemarc]

Jeepers Bernie, you mean all those Tarzan movies were true?
Nothing in the article suggested sexuality. Search for food maybe. I don't have 
a lot of experience with orangs but I have watched a lot of other primates 
including all the other great apes in wild, captive and captive released 
circumstances. Wild animals, even those who have been habituated, generally 
treat us with suspicion and respect. I suspect this was a released captive. 
Probably psychotic in Orang terms, thinks it's a human and sees all humans as 
food sources.....Very sad, I'm afraid but not sex.
Marc