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Orangutans are born with an ability to reason and think. This large, gentle red ape is one of humankind closest relatives, sharing nearly 97% of the same DNA. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia call this ape; literally translating into English as & person of the forest, In times past orangutans were not killed because the indigenous peoples felt the orangutan was simply a person hiding in the trees, trying to avoid having to go to work or become a slave. Orangutans are unique in the ape world. Of the four kinds of great apes & gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans & only the orangutan comes from Asia; the others all come from Africa. There are two separate species of orangutan ; the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).