Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Orangutan/archive1

Blurb review[edit]

FunkMonk, we're working on the July blurbs. You reviewed this one ... interested in doing the blurb? - Dank (push to talk) 16:17, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not my strongest suit, and I'm knee deep in some other things, but thanks for suggesting! FunkMonk (talk) 16:43, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to find you a nice dinosaur, when you're free. LittleJerry, would you like to do the blurb? - Dank (push to talk) 17:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not my thing either. LittleJerry (talk) 17:37, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cas? - Dank (push to talk) 18:21, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hold my beer....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:47, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

O-kay, @Dank: - hard to know what to trim from here....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:19, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We're at 1343 now ... I'll start whacking. LittleJerry, let me know if what we're doing looks right to you. - Dank (push to talk) 15:12, 1 October 2020 (UTC) We're at 984 out of 1025, so there's room for a little more, but not much. - Dank (push to talk) 15:28, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting "who remain together for the first two years" ... the article goes into more detail than we have room for in the blurb, probably. - Dank (push to talk) 17:02, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Three species in the genus Pongo are recognised. The most arboreal of the great apes, orangutans spend most of their time in trees. They have proportionally long arms and short legs and their hair is reddish-brown. Adult males may develop distinctive cheek pads or flanges and make long calls that attract females and intimidate rivals. Orangutans are the most solitary of the great apes, apart from mothers and their dependent offspring. The apes eat mainly fruit, but also vegetation, bark, honey, insects and bird eggs. Among the most intelligent primates, orangutans use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Poaching, the illegal pet trade, and habitat destruction for palm oil cultivation have caused severe declines in the populations and ranges of all three species. (Full article...)