A Baby Orangutan And Her Proud Mother

Proud simian mother Rosa is happy with all the attention her baby Sayang is getting at the Frankfurt Zoo, and she wants to let her cute little critter shine for all to see.Sayang, on the other hand, is still a bit shy ab...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/22/A-Baby-Orangutan-And-Her-Proud-Mother/

Zoo to Send Orangutan to a Private Island to Quit Smoking

[YouTube clip]... ...pers in Indonesia want to help Tori the orangutan to quit smoking, they decided to take drastic mea... ...e zoo, with help from the Borneo-based Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP), plans to move the 1... ...k Previously on Neatorama: The Smoking *strong class="matc...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/05/zoo-to-send-orangutan-to-a-private-island-to-quit-smoking/

Looking at Mom with Love...

A tender mother-child moment, brought to you by the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. This picture was taken at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesia. The contest is open for entries until...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/12/looking-at-mom-with-love/

Dude, Where's My Snack?...

Photo: Youhanes 'Hendy' Widianto... ...Hendy' Widianto Udel, the 220 lb. (100 kg) orangutan in a zoo in Indonesia, furrows his brow...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/08/dude-wheres-my-snack/

How Orangutans Engineer Their Nest

An orangutan can grow to be over 260 lb. (118 kg) so how does... ...orests of Sumatra. The team also took orangutans ' nests apart to see how they were constructed. Th...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/17/how-orangutans-engineer-their-nest/

Orangutan Stuffs Ten Bananas in his Mouth

(YouTube link) Well can you blame him? Orangutans don't have pockets! This guy lives at Tanjung Put... ...al Park in Borneo. Rangers leave food out for the orangutans

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/10/orangutan-stuffs-ten-bananas-in-his-mouth/

Orangutan Surgery

Sally is a 44-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Denver Zoo. She developed a benign fibroid... ...gans. Veterinarian Diana Boon arranged to collect orangutan blood from around the country and enlisted volunt... ...d to prepare but found a dearth of information on orangutan ana...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/06/orangutan-surgery/

Orangutan Saves Distressed Baby Bird

(YouTube link) An orangutan saves a tired baby chick with a leaf, then inspec... ...filmed), but the important takeaway here is that orangutans are both extraordinarily compassionate and also k... ...nds of the clip. How many times did you think the orangutan

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/11/orangutan-saves-distressed-baby-bird/

The Smoking Orangutan

You'd think that being in a cage would make it har... ...to the Johor Baru zoo fed Shirley, a 25-year-old orangutan cigarettes, just to watch her smoke:The governmen...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/the-smoking-orangutan/