Pongo faces
Last year I had occasion to look more closely than I ever had before, at orangutans (Why? Long story). I’m not generally much focused on ape species–there’s a touch of the uncanny valley in my initial response. I’m more of a “dog person,” in general. But on closer examination I found fascinating beauty and diversity. Baby and mother, of the newly-identified species, Pongo tapanuliensis. More recently, I read about the discovery of an entirely new orangutan species, Pongo tapanuliensis. It was announced in the online journal Current Biology last November. If you…