Lack of movement helps conceal their location. Orangutans feet have long curved toes for holding branches and moving from tree to tree. When they are on the ground, they walk on the edges of their feet and not flat on the ground, which makes walking clumsy. They also don t have thick skin on the backs of their hands like gorillas and chimps to help them walk on their knuckles. The strongest bond in an orangutan s life is with its mother.
Female gorillas take great care with their young, sometimes with other females babysitting.
Young chimps are also attached to their mothers and young female chimps are taught how to care for infants by the older females. Discussion Questions 1. At the end of this video, several comparisons are made between human behavior and primate behavior. Divide the class into three groups, with each group responsible for one of the primates in this video. Replay the program, with students concentrating on their specific primate and making notes when they observe human-like behavior.