{"id":9524,"date":"2021-05-09T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=9524"},"modified":"2021-05-04T21:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T04:31:27","slug":"5-interesting-orangutan-mother-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/5-interesting-orangutan-mother-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Interesting Orangutan Mother Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is <strong>Mother&#8217;s Day<\/strong> in the United States. To celebrate, here are 5 of the most interesting facts about orangutan mothers that you might not know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redapes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tapanuli-mama-twins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12653\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#5e5959\">Photo retrieved from SOCP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:26px\">1. <strong>Female orangutans can have twins, though it is very rare.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2013Putri.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2013Putri.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9526\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:26px\">2. <strong>Orangutan children have the longest childhood dependence on their mother of any animal in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.natgeofe.com\/n\/7f1b2167-33c5-46a8-9e5d-352a24cd0f9b\/01-orangutan-nursing.jpg?w=636&amp;h=477\" alt=\"a baby orangutan nursing\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#5e5959\">Photo retrieved from nationalgeographic.com \/ photograph by Erin Vogel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:26px\">3. <strong>Orangutan mothers nurse their babies until they are about 6 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Selly-Sule-2-4.e1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Selly-Sule-2-4.e1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8357\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:26px\">4. <strong>Female orangutan offspring can stay with their mothers in their teens so that they can pick up mothering skills by watching their mother raise younger siblings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gracia-infant2-1024x680-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gracia-infant2-1024x680-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9525\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:26px\">5. <strong>Wild orangutan mothers are single parents and have a very close relationship with their offspring.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Mother&#8217;s Day in the United States. 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