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Binny – India’s Orangutan
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- Binny is India’s only orangutan
- It passed away at the age of 41 in Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park.
- The ape was brought to the Odisha zoo, when she was 25 years old, from the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Pune.
- Orangutans are one of the world’s three extant species of great apes.
- They are native to Indonesia and Malaysia and at present are found only in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
- Major great apes are,
- Chimpanzees
- Gorillas
- Orangutans
Nandankanan Zoological Park
- Nandankanan Zoological Park is a zoo and botanical garden located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- It was Established in 1960
- It became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009.
- Kanjia lake is a part of Nandankanan Zoological Park.
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