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Orangutans are orange, but can still hide themselves in the trees.
Orangutans untidy hair helps them blend in, and they can sit still for hours at a time. 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.