Lean times leave orangutans wasting away. Habitat loss makes things worse

Mongabay
May 31, 2021, 11:18 am257 pts
JAKARTA — Orangutans in Borneo have been found to physically waste away when fruit is scarce — a finding with dire implications as human-driven climate change and the destruction of their habitat put their food supply under even greater threat. In a study recently published in the journal Scientific…

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