Great apes: Baby Riplee among 4 orangutans now at Naples Zoo. What to know

The orangutans are here.

Critically endangered Bornean orangutans have arrived at the Naples Zoo for the first time in its 50-year history.

Now there are four of these red-haired, great apes at the zoo. They were previous residents of ZooTampa at Lowry Park.

How large do these primates get?

Orangutans are between gorillas and chimpanzees in size. Males can range up to 220 pounds, although they average about 165 pounds in the wild. However, captive orangutans can weigh well over 300 pounds.

Orangutans are the most arboreal of the great apes, spending much more time in trees than gorillas or chimpanzees.

They are about seven times stronger than a human, according to SeaWorld, and large males holding their arms out can have a "wingspan" of 7 feet.

What do orangutans eat?

Mostly fruit, including lychees, mangoes, and figs. They also eat leaves, tree bark, insects and sometimes small vertebrates, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Which apes are arriving?

Matriarch DeeDee is 43. She is the mother of 15-year-old RanDee and 5-year-old Dira. The fourth ape is RanDee's son Riplee, who is 2 years old.

Did you know?

Orangutans starred as "Clyde" in two Clint Eastwood movies, "Every Which Way But Loose" in 1978 and "Any Which Way You Can" in 1980. The orangutan from the first movie, Manis, grew too big by the time the second movie was filmed and so was replaced, according to IMDb. The animal could throw quite a punch to Eastwood's famous line: "Right turn, Clyde."

Will orangutans still be in Tampa?

Yes, ZooTampa will still have the red apes.

“Although we'll miss DeeDee and her family immensely, we're excited for their next adventure and we know they'll enjoy their new home at the Naples Zoo,” said Chris Massaro, senior vice president, zoological operations at ZooTampa in a release. “With one of the largest orangutan groups in the country, ZooTampa is committed to continue its participation in the Species Survival Program, we have had 11 orangutans born at ZooTampa, and every birth is a sign of hope in our ongoing efforts to conserve this amazing endangered species.”

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How did the orangutan get its name?

Orangutans get their name from two Malayan words: orang (human) and hutan (forest), according to Save the Orangutan. Together it means "man of the forest."

How many species are there?

Orangutans only live in the wild in Sumatra and Bornea. There are three species: Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli. The latter was first identified as a distinct species in 2017.

One of the biggest threats to orangutans is deforestation caused by the palm oil industry. Naples Zoo said palm oil can be found in about half of consumers' packaged products from mascara to margarine.

"When it is grown unsustainably, new areas of forest are cut and burned, destroying the orangutan’s habitat," the zoo said in a release. "However, certified sustainable palm oil is grown by reusing the same land for production. Naples Zoo is a dues-paying member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, the organization dedicated to making certified sustainable palm oil the norm, and has promoted certified sustainable palm oil for the last decade."

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Baby Riplee among 4 orangutans now at Naples Zoo