Though an adult male orangutan can weigh up to 220 pounds (100 kilograms)—females weigh about half what males do—orangutans spend most of their time up in the trees. They are the largest of all arboreal animals.
As nighttime approaches in a tropical rain forest in parts of Sumatra and Borneo in Asia, orangutans prepare for sleep. In forks of trees high off the ground, shaggy, red-haired apes bend branches down to form comfortable mattresses of leaves and twigs. They sometimes add a roof built from more branches so that if it rains, they will stay dry.
Equipped with very long, powerful arms and hook-shaped hands and feet, these apes climb and swing from tree to tree with ease. They reach from one tree to the next with their long arms, grasping the next branch with long hands or feet, and swing their bodies across the gap. If a baby following its mother reaches a gap between trees that is too wide for it to navigate, its mother makes a living bridge for the baby to scamper across. Sometimes heavier males can't find branches strong enough to hold their weight, so they climb down to get to the next suitable tree.
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Following on from the success of our Charity Raffle earlier this year, we’ve brought it back and supersized it with all proceeds going to support the vital work Trussell Trust (@trusselltrust ) and CRISIS (@crisis_uk ) do.
These aren’t just any ol’ prizes, we’ve got SIGNED books from Peter McCoy, Merlin Sheldrake and Sarah Gerrard-Jones we’ve got SIGNED super ltd foil prints from our fav PunkRoss and of course, we’ve got the top prize of a 2x2 Flow Unit worth over £600! And loads more.
Thank you to the following people for supporting too! @merlin.sheldrake@jardincollective@petermycco@theplantrescuer@cotswoldmushrooms@bristolfungarium@punkross@itsorangutantradingco@tubbytoms@boomershroomer.v2
We’ll draw winners midday on Friday 15th December and there’s no limit on the number of prizes you can win. During this time we’re also donating £5.00 from every Beginner Grow Kit and £10.00 from every TekTub purchased.
You won’t get a number, we will export all orders into a spreadsheet and randomly select. Thanks!
Rules
Raffle is open to UK customers only
Ticket purchasers can win multiple times
There is no limit on the number of tickets per person nor is there a limit on the number available to purchase
Prizes are non-transferable
100% of all tickets will go to charity, with the final amount being equally split between the two nominated charities.
