For the first time in the world, scientists have observed a wild orangutan applying medicine to its own wound. A Sumatran orangutan, named Rakus, was seen chewing leaves of a…
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Orangu-NAN! World’s oldest orangutan celebrates her 63rd birthday – making her the same age as Barack Obama, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Coolidge
by ElijahBella was collected from the wild in 1964 and is estimated to have been born in 1961. He celebrated his birthday at his home in the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg.…
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We don’t walk like you-oo-oo! Young orangutan orphans are pushed around in a wheelbarrow by their ‘surrogate mothers’ at rehabilitation centre
by AlexanderThe cute primates are also seen hanging from the trees and waiting while their school lunch is prepared in the forest. By James Callery Published: 07:03 EST, February 7, 2024…