The palm oil diet: study finds displaced orangutans have little else to eat

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisJun 20, 2014, 4:08 pm109 pts
In a recent study, researchers assessed how orangutans have adapted to living among oil palm plantations on Borneo. They found that while orangutans have adapted to the island’s human-transformed landscapes better than expected, oil palm plantations are unable to sustain orangutan populations in the long-term.

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