Orangutan Nests: Read the Tricky Words

Beds in the Trees

1Orangutans are big apes with long, red-brown hair. They live in warm, wet rainforests on two islands in Asia. Their arms are very long, so they can climb and swing from tree to tree.

2Orangutans spend most of the day high in the trees, where they find fruit to eat. When evening comes, it is time to build a bed called a nest.

3To build a nest, the orangutan bends branches and pushes them together into a bowl shape. Then it adds soft leaves on top. Most nights, it makes a whole new nest.

4A young orangutan sleeps in its mother's nest. Night after night, it watches her bend and push the branches. After many tries, it learns to build a nest of its own.

5When it rains, some orangutans hold big leaves over their heads like umbrellas. What clever apes!