17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Survivor
Wild orangutang in Gunung Leuser NP. The most solitary of the great apes, orangutans face a critical extinction risk as their forest habitats are quickly being destroyed and lost to industrial farming. The possibility is now very real as numbers dwindle with some forecasts pointing to a final extinction before 2040. Sumatra, Indonesia
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2019 |
Date Uploaded: | 09.2019 |
Photo Location: | Indonesia |
Camera: | ILCE-7M3 |
Copyright: | © Eduardo Teixeira de Sousa |