Orang-Utans, as mammals, give birth to live young and raise them on milk; what is less known of is their ability to lay eggs; a female Orang-Utan lays her egg precisely half an hour before she goes into labour and the egg hatches just 15 minutes after the infant is born. From the hatching egg a small tree emerges and begins to grow at an extraordinarily accelerated rate. The young ape and its mother have just enough time to cling to the fast expanding trunk before they are lifted into the leafy canopy high above the forest floor. This is why Orang-Utans are found predominantly in trees. Any non-pregnant adult Orang-Utan found dwelling on the ground is officialy categorised as a fungus(if female) or a shrub (if male)...