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Air Date: Week of November 8, 2019

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CURWOOD: We leave you this week in the rainforest of Borneo in the company of orangutans.

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CURWOOD: The huffing sound made by this adult male orangutan is an indication of extreme agitation, likely a response to the people recording him.

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CURWOOD: The smooching sound is a common noise orangutans make when they encounter something unusual or frightening like a predator.

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CURWOOD: There are roughly 60,000 orangutans left in the wild and exist only on two Islands in Indonesia - Borneo and Sumatra. This recording comes to us courtesy of Wendy Erb at the Center for Conservation Bioacoustics.

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