Baby Orangutans just make for the best pictures because of how their hair tends to stand up. This one is no exception.
We know humans and chimps are closely related. But now we know even our laughter is very closely related. Here’s a great article (with pictures of chuckling orangutans, despite the title) about laughter and monkeys.
Here’s a great story from DailyMail:
Odd couples come in all shapes and sizes but the story of the primate and the canine who are best friends has proved to be a match made in showbiz heaven.
Suryia the orang-utan and Roscoe a Blue Tick hound became friends when they crossed paths at a South Carolina sanctuary [...]
137-pound orangutan Karta at the Adelaide Zoo, Australia managed to short an electric fence and scale a concrete wall but decided to return back into the enclosure rather than escape. The zoo keepers were prepared to tranquilize if needed.
Man these guys (and gals) are clever. Don’t mess with them.
Over at The Big Picture they have a great set of pictures titled “Scenes from the zoo” including several great (and high resolution) monkey pics. Go check it out. Some awesome pictures.
I’m pointing out this article mainly for the purpose of the first picture.
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Here’s two orangutans at the Pittsburgh zoo. Watch as one pulls a Tarzan like move and knocks the other one off the log. Not sure if that was intentional or not.
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This Orangutan has some talent here.
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From the video:
…they gave him a golf ball, and he crushed it with one hand, it sounded like a gunshot… they said it takes like 2,000 kilos of force to crush the golf [...]
Here’s a great little article about an orangutan hospital that serves the smallest of orangutans… with LOTS of great pics.
