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Indonesia floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

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Bangkok (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warned on Friday. Only scientifically classified as a species in 2017, tapanulis are incredibly rare, with fewer than 800 left in the wild, confined to a small range in part of Indonesia's Sum
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terradaily.com broke the news in on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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