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Applies to not only orangutans but all primates, they are wild animals. If you see a post and aren’t sure if the primates featured are wild, or in expert care in a zoo or sanctuary, think before sharing it
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Baby jacqui begins learning how to build a nest, but is quickly distracted by another student.
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Chuckie enjoying the pool on a hot summers day.
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Baby Roux and his mother Menari bonding after being reintroduced as Roux had to be hand reared for the first few months of his life
📸Audubon Zoo
Photos taken by the BOS foundation in 2020 of Alba, the worlds only known albino orangutan. She was released kept as a pet until she was rescued in 2017 and was returned to the wild a year later. She is still thriving in the wild today.
Happy birthday to Sunshine, the mother of cahaya! Today she turns 40 years old!
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Similarly to chimpanzees, evidence of culture has been observed in orangutans from different areas, mostly regarding their use of tools. For example it has been seen in some areas that orangutans will use leaves as gloves to reach fruit from thorny branches and to swat away bees.















