Do orangutans eat slow loris?

The Asian great apes mostly eat fruit, but also bark, honey, insects, and eggs. While researchers have recorded Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) killing and eating Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), such reports are incredibly rare and thought to be “opportunistic,” according to the researchers.

What eats a slow loris?

Slow lorises move slowly and deliberately, making little or no noise, and when threatened, they stop moving and remain motionless. Their only documented predators—apart from humans—include snakes, changeable hawk-eagles and orangutans, although cats, viverrids and sun bears are suspected.

What kind of meat do orangutans eat?

Actually contrary to popular belief, orangutans are not strictly frugivores (fruit eater). They also subsist on plant parts (leaves, buds, flowers, bark, sap, etc) and the occasional bird eggs and insects. Thus it came as to no surprise for me that some orangutans have acquired taste for meat.

Do orangutans ever eat meat?

Researchers have observed several cases of meat-eating in wild Sumatran orangutans, although not in Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmeus: Russon et al. However, meat-eating is rare at the Sumatran orangutan sites where this behavior has been observed despite numerous observation hours (van Schaik et al. 2003).

Do orangutans eat other animals?

Orangutans are omnivores (they eat both plants and animals) but are mostly herbivorous (plants comprise most of their diet). They also eat insects and small animals (like birds and small mammals).

What do orangutans like eating?

Fruit
What do orangutans eat? Fruit makes up about 60% of the orangutan’s diet, including lychees, mangosteens, mangoes and figs. They also eat young leaves and shoots, insects, soil, tree bark, and occasionally eggs and small vertebrates. Water comes from fruit as well as tree holes.

What are the predators of the pygmy slow loris?

Humans are the primary predators of pygmy slow lorises. Their prevalence in Cambodian and Vietnamese markets testifies to the intense hunting pressure on this species.

Are orangutans vegetarian?

Diet and feeding Orangutans are primarily fruit-eaters, and 57–80% of their feeding time is spent foraging for fruits. Even during times of scarcity, fruit can still take up 16% of feeding.

Do orangutans eat fish?

Our review of primates’ aquatic fauna eating showed orangutans to be one of 20 species that eat aquatic fauna, one of nine confirmed to eat fish, and one of three that use tools to obtain fish.

Are orangutans vegans?

Sumatran orang-utans (Pongo abelii) get almost all their nutrients from fruit and other plant products, but there are a few isolated reports of them eating meat (American Journal of Primatology, vol 43, p 159).

Will orangutans eat humans?

I even looked for any references of orangutans attacking humans and found nothing. “Attacks by orangutans on humans are virtually unheard of; contrast this to the chimpanzee whose aggression towards each other and humans is well documented.”