tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post1854392976639696884..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: RICHARD FREEMAN: Early picture of orang pendek?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-11087135406127532572010-05-14T19:13:41.622+01:002010-05-14T19:13:41.622+01:00This illustration looks more like the girl Richard...This illustration looks more like the girl Richard tried to pull the last time we were out together at the pub.In fact, the stick she is holding is the one she had to use to beat him off with...<br />Adam DaviesAdam Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079935229094182530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-86493361668490156582010-05-14T12:42:30.949+01:002010-05-14T12:42:30.949+01:00Orang-utan means more than one thing and Orang Pen...Orang-utan means more than one thing and Orang Pendek means more than one thing. In both terms the "Orang" part means "Person"(ie, human being) and both term,s are used for regular Homo sapiens that happen to live in the forest countries.<br /><br />In this case the name "Orangutan" was used indiscriminately for and Anthropoid ape in the period. AND in this particular case the "Orangutan" is the one described from AFRICA as a "Pygmy". That one is usually said to have been a chimpanzee. The text indicates the identity. The illustration of the creature with a walking-stick was standard in all the early depictions.<br /><br />I have also seen a skeleton of a gorilla depicted in old books and called an "Orangutan". The orangutan's scientific name, Pongo, is actually an African name for a gorilla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com