New Orangutan found in Indonesia

Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in the mountains of Indonesia. There are about 2,000 orangutans that live there. This is giving a rare boost to one of the world's most endangered great apes. A team surveyed on the eastern edge of Borneo island and they counted 219 orangutan nests. This shows a high number of the animals. The team also encountered an adult male. It was angry and threw branches as they tried to take photos. The photos were on the mother and child.There is an estimate of 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild. 90 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest in neighboring Malaysia. The countries are the world's top producers of palm oil. Palm oil is used in food, cosmetics ,and to meet growing demands in the U.S. and Europe. The poor soil of the limestone mountains appear to have shielded the area from development. It has sheild it for at least now. That's what Meijaard said. Birute Mary Galdikas is a Canadian scientist. He has spent nearly fourty years studying orangutans in the wild. He said most of the remaining populations are small and scattered. That's what makes them not close to extinction. This is all I know and I think it's kind of cool that they found a new species of orangutans.