Since Maurice and Raka are around 200 years apart (meaning that Raka would have been alpha in his generation, we can assume), and Raka has a throat sack in the movie. Raka should have flanges because as we see, the orangutans are spread out/not many in the first place meaning he would be alpha. Why they didn’t give him flanges? I have no idea, I wish they did because it would have been more accurate, but what can you do.
@@Orangutanluvr84 to make raka more expressive, they avoided flanges. Maurice has almost no dialogue, so they proceeded with flanges. on the other hand, raka is talkative and expressive orangutan. If they followed the ape biology, chimps won't be that taller and they would have shown male chimps ding dongs. Chimps literally have big balls in wild. movie innaccuracies.
Great video Stef:) love the editing/ photos/ cadence it's really cool to see examples while listening!! Also the cheeks remind me of cat cheeks that outdoor un-neutered males get
Have to imagine it’s similar to a silverback in gorillas. the dominant male of a pack gets more dimorphic features than other males as a display that comes with some physiological changes
@@vlp1yeah it’s because oh maturity you don’t see 13 yr old orangutans get these it’s only when they become older like puberty.same with a male gorilla when they get silver hairs on their back and the 2nd forehead
You have the cause and effect backwards. Silverback gorillas (all male gorillas over the age of about 13 or 14) don't get bigger and develop dimorphic changes because they are the troop leaders. Rather, being bigger, stronger, and having prominent sexual dimorphic features (heavy brow ridges, larger saggital crests) makes them more likely to win if they challenge other males. In addition, females prefer the bigger silverbacks and are more likely to choose to follow them and create a troop. There are other factors that females consider in choosing a troop leader to follow, such as how patient he is with babies, but the physical differences are of course the first thing females notice.
@@sladiewolf I can only guess that the French influence in phonetically sounding out an English word would produce that. Either that, or the original word was of French origin (old French word: Flanchir)…and of course, English is weird.
I've been addicted to orangutans since i was a kid. I waved at one, at the zoo, it stood up and waved back. I was SO SHOCKED. Also, the videos of tgem reacting to magic tricks, babies and the lady with severe burns.
@@relaxwithanimalfactsMitch is the really old guy who glitched out recently and just stood there not saying anything, staring into the cameras. Looked like he had a stroke mid interview.
@@Steve-ev6vx I was trying to wrap my mind around that possibility, but then I realized that a transman who started HRT in his 30s could grow a beard and lose his hair at the same time. Paradox solved!
My head hair is a metre long and it take about 4 years to get there, my back hair started at 23, my moustache at 12 and sideburns nearly 13, I've had hairy legs and arms since I was 10. I'm only 5 foot 1. Hormones grew hair not height. I'm also 50
I thought orangs were pretty damn solitary once they leave mom, so how is the flanged male supressing anyone elses T if each male has his own territory? Do they have small bachelor groups?
I imagine the correct pronunciations would be "flanges" as they are exterior protrustions on their face. Phalanges are the bone structures of your feet and hands, so I doubt they have any correlation to fatty tissue on orangutans. Maybe they got their wires crossed or something
@nicholasvidal92 is correct; if I pronounced it "fuh-lan-geez" rather than "flan-geez" that was a mistake. I work in health care so it's possible "phalanges" was a little slip :)
@@relaxwithanimalfacts well I won't tell any of them. I rebuild refrigeration compressors that use a variety of different flanges for mounting so it was especially funny for me. Great video. I didn't know what they were for
