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16th February 2018
11:15am GMT

According to the BBC, researchers think that the orangutans could be targetted by hunters as a retaliation against the raiding of crops.
Professor Serge Wich said that although the apes may be eating crops, they are not dangerous.
He said:
"When these animals come into conflict with people on the edge of a plantation, they are always on the losing end. People will kill them. "Just last week, we had a report of an orangutan that had 130 pellets in its body, after being shot at in Borneo. "It's shocking and it's unnecessary. Orangutans might eat farmers' fruit, but they are not dangerous."
Researchers are calling on Malaysian and Indonesian leaders to address the number of hunters killing orangutans.
The study also found that the apes living in Borneo are more resilient and tend to walk on the ground more than other orangutans.Explore more on these topics: