Cliff Jones Jr.<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TIL</span></a> the oversized ape King Louie in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Disney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Disney</span></a>&#39;s most recent live action version of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheJungleBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheJungleBook</span></a> is not actually supposed to be an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/orangutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orangutan</span></a> but a remnant <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gigantopithecus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gigantopithecus</span></a>. This explains the character&#39;s baffling size as well as the fact that orangutans aren&#39;t native to India. Come to think of it, it even explains why Louie&#39;s the only one of his kind!</p><p><a href="https://animals.howstuffworks.com/extinct-animals/extinct-giant-orangutan-gigantopithecus-jungle-book.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">animals.howstuffworks.com/exti</span><span class="invisible">nct-animals/extinct-giant-orangutan-gigantopithecus-jungle-book.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DisneyMovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DisneyMovies</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hominids" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hominids</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/paleoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>paleoanthropology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animals</span></a></p>