World's oldest orangutan dies at age 55!

[Sugaree]

This was a very interesting article on Yahoo! news.

Sun Dec 30, 10:16AM ET

Miami A 55 year-old Sumatran orangutan, believed t obe this world's oldest, has died Miam zoo spokesman said.

Nonja, who was born on the indonesian island of Sumatra and lived in Miami since 1983, was found dead Saturday morning, said Ron Magill, spokesman for the Miami Metro Zoo
"Everybody's very sad. especially with an animal like an orangutang," Magill said. "You see a lot of yourself in these animals. The great apes are out closest relatives."

A necropsy is to be performed in the next few days. A typical life span for the Sumatran orangutans is 40 to 50 years, Magill said.

Nonja had slowed down in recent years because of her age, Magill said. "She was really a grand old dame," Magill said.


Interesting article right? I was surprised of how long she lived:eek:

[Tatsuya]

aww........so sweet.......but she looks ugly!:P.....
well anyway orang hutan are actually from Malaysia and Indonesia!:)

so is the meaning......
orang=person/people hutan=jungle

~so its mean like Man In The jungle

look here for more meaning of orang(or-rung) hutan(who-tun)
or as the western said, orang-utan!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan

[Sugaree]

Yeah well that orangutan lived a few good years past the expected age she was going to die.

[Bobby]

Well she's in the big jungle in the sky...R.I.P

[Sugaree]

Yup rest in peace grumpy old ape

[goin to work]

thats to bad

[Whisper]

we always think that humans have the longest life span at 80-100yrs (the oldest living human in recorded history died at 122)
but ya compared to many species thats down right pathetic
its believed that the Bowhead whale can live to upwards of 200yrs making them the oldest mammals



She had a long run and died peacefully
thats more then most can say

[Sugaree]

Yeah it is. We can't say anything else.