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A wire container bearing the bones of an orangutan picked clean by insects is lowered to the ground. This ape, known as Rocky, died from the wounds received during a fight with a rival male. The skeleton will be used for further study.

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Nat Geo: Orangutans In The Wild
A wire container bearing the bones of an orangutan picked clean by insects is lowered to the ground. This ape, known as Rocky, died from the wounds received during a fight with a rival male. The skeleton will be used for further study.