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//Birute Galdikas// Birthplace : Birute Galdikas was born on May,10,1946 in Wiesbaden,West Germany by Anatanas and Filomena Galdikas few years later Birute's family moved from Europe to Canada. Occupation​ ​: Birute Galdikas got a degree in anthropology from UCLA. Known For: discovered that orangutans had speical dietary ​habits and other mating habits and she proved that some wild orangutans use sticks for eating meat she also wrote two books about orangutans, named Reflections of Eden and My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo. In 1999 Birute worked with Nancy Briggs to write her second book called Orangutan Odyssey this book will talk about orangutan behavior and threats to them when they get older. Career:She did her research for 10 years Weisbaden,West Germany Did You Know: That Birute Galdikas was the first ever to see a orangutans give birth. That Birute's son was so use to monkeys that at age three he could do the best immatation of a monkey ever! sources:

Harris,Laurie. Biography Today:Scientists&Iventors. United States:Omnigraphics, Inc., 2001