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Deep in the jungles of Indonesian Borneo live a group of critically endangered Orangutans. Though their populations are threatened, their booming ‘long calls’ can still be heard for kilometres. But what exactly are they saying? Orangutan calls are exceptionally variable and notoriously difficult to de-code, but that hasn’t stopped a team of researchers from Cornell university from trying.
By ABCDeep in the jungles of Indonesian Borneo live a group of critically endangered Orangutans. Though their populations are threatened, their booming ‘long calls’ can still be heard for kilometres. But what exactly are they saying? Orangutan calls are exceptionally variable and notoriously difficult to de-code, but that hasn’t stopped a team of researchers from Cornell university from trying.

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