Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ resurrects giant extinct ape
In remake, King Louie character is a Gigantopithecus, not an orangutan
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GREAT APE In Disney's new The Jungle Book, King Louie is a Gigantopithecus, an ancient relative of orangutans.
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