{"id":261,"date":"2010-09-02T03:21:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T03:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.woodape.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/02\/lowenerorangs\/"},"modified":"2010-09-02T03:21:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T03:21:59","slug":"lowenerorangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodape.org\/index.php\/lowenerorangs\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Energy Output Documented in Orangutans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"writeboardbody\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" vspace=\"15\" hspace=\"12\" height=\"264\" border=\"5\" align=\"right\" alt=\"alt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodape.org\/images\/stories\/Articles\/800px-pongo_pygmaeus84-300.jpg\" \/>A recent article on the Science<i>Daily<\/i> website discusses the  results of a study on the activity level of orangutans (<i>Pongo pygmaeus<\/i>).  It seems that <i>Homo sapiens sapiens<\/i> is not the only species to have \u201ccouch  potato\u201d tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>The article, written by Neil Schoenherr, looks at a study conducted  by Washington University, located in St. Louis, in which researchers  studied the activity levels and energy output of orangutans living in a  large indoor\/outdoor habitat located at the 230-acre campus of the Great  Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. What they observed was fascinating. The  researchers found that these captive orangutans used less energy,  relative to body mass, than nearly any other eutherian mammal ever  measured. This would include comparisons to sedentary humans. What makes  the results even more interesting is that the activity level of the  orangutans studied is very similar to that of their cousins living in  the wild.<\/p>\n<p>Herman Pontzer, PhD, is the assistant professor of anthropology in  Arts &#038; Sciences at Washington University and was the lead author of  the study. He is quoted in the article as saying, \u201cIt\u2019s like finding a  sloth in your family tree. It\u2019s remarkably low energy use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pontzer and his team studied the daily energy expenditure of  these great apes for two weeks and discovered an extremely low rate of  energy use not previously observed in primates. The results seem to  dovetail nicely with the slow growth and reproductive rates of  orangutans. Dr. Pontzer speculated that this low metabolic rate might be  an adaptation in response to severe food shortages in the orangutan\u2019s  native habitats. It is pointed out that the rain forests of Southeast  Asia, Borneo, and Sumatra all go through periods where the availability  of ripe fruit\u2014the orangutan staple\u2014drops drastically. The study suggests  that orangutans have adapted over time to become the ultimate  low-energy specialists, decreasing their level of activity, and thus,  the number of calories required to function, to avoid starving during  these forest cycles when food is scarce.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, a discovery regarding a known great ape species may make  an argument moot that is often proposed by skeptics to refute the  existence of the sasquatch. These skeptics have a pretty standard  arsenal of talking points which they use to refute the existence of the  species. They claim that if the sasquatch were real it would have to  spend nearly every waking minute eating in order to sustain its huge  bulk. This study should surely give pause to those who subscribe to this  theory. If the sasquatch is a type of great ape, it is not outlandish  to think that they could share certain characteristics with their  orangutan cousins; maybe this ability to slow down metabolism and limit  energy output to the bare minimum is one of them. The ability to do so  would be very valuable and could explain occasional sightings of the  sasquatch in atypical locales, like the arid scrub land of West Texas,  where food would be much more difficult to come by than regions where  rainfall and vegetation are more plentiful.<\/p>\n<p>Another typical argument used by skeptics is that if the sasquatch  were real the species would be seen more often. The findings of Dr.  Pontzer and his team might help explain the paucity of sightings as  well. If the sasquatch does possess this low energy output trait then  they probably are not moving around much at certain times of the year  when food is harder to come by. The less an animal moves around, the  less likely it is to be seen by humans. Also, it is implied in the study  that the low-energy output seen in orangutans helps explain their slow  rate of growth and low reproductive rate. If true, and if the sasquatch  shares the same trait, then it is reasonable to assume that it has a low  reproduction rate as well. This would keep the population of this rare  animal low. Obviously, the fewer of them there are the less likely they  are to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>It seems the more we learn about the documented species of great apes,  the less fantastic the possible existence of the sasquatch becomes.<\/p>\n<p> This article was originally published at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texascryptidhunter.blogspot.com\/\">Texas Cryptid Hunter<\/a> blogsite. It has been modified for the TBRC website. <\/p>\n<p> Read the Science<i>Daily<\/i> article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/08\/100803112821.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article on the ScienceDaily website discusses the results of a study on the activity level of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). It seems that Homo sapiens sapiens is not the only species to have \u201ccouch potato\u201d tendencies. 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