Uploads from Official San Diego Zoo, tagged orangutan

Hanging Out

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:01:59 -0700

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Rockin' and Rollin'

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:50 -0800

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Energetic Karen takes delight in tumbling on the ground--it's her signature locomotion style.

Karen

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:50 -0800

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Beautiful female orangutan, Karen.

The Connection

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:53 -0800

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Janey finds humans fascinating to watch, especially children.

Female Orangutan

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:51 -0800

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In their native Southeast Asian rain forest, orangutans feed on fruit, leaves, bark, and nuts of about 500 different kinds of plants.

Using the Ole' Noggin

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:54 -0800

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Orangutans are intelligent tool users. Here, Satu has used a stick to fish applesauce out of a faux termite mound.

Siamang Head Stand

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:48 -0800

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Agile siamangs and orangutans share habitat in the wild, and get along beautifully at the Zoo too.

Satu

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:52 -0800

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Male orangutan Satu in 2012

Typical Janey

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:32:06 -0800

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Janey loves to goof around with enrichment items.

Hanging Out

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:50 -0800

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Indah is the "Queen of Swing," seeming to prefer spending time on the climbing structure.

A Ride in the Old Jalopy

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:46 -0800

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Maggie was one of the San Diego Zoo's first orangutans. She and another youngster, Little Jiggs, arrived at the Zoo in 1928--in the front passenger seat of a Model T Ford. Both had been hand-raised and were used to people, so the caretaker delivering them just settled them in the seat of a car and drove them to the Zoo. Maggie apparently had a fondness for vehicles. While she was still young, Henry, her keeper at the Zoo, sometimes took her for short drives around the grounds in his own car, and Maggie seemed to thoroughly enjoy these jaunts, eagerly looking around and squealing excitedly.

Maggie had another fondness: taking apart gates and fences in her enclosure. She was very good at it, and more than once was found in the morning taking an unauthorized stroll. One day Henry and the Zoo's executive director, Belle Benchley, could not find her in any of the usual places and became worried. But Belle had a hunch, and she went to check the employee cars parked near the primate area. As she approached, she heard a horn honking--and sure enough, there was Maggie, in the drivers seat of Henry's car, doing her best to get it to go. Apparently she was in the mood for a drive in the country.

Satu

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:52 -0800

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Male orangutan Satu in 2012

Satu

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:49 -0800

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Male orangutan Satu in 20111

Satu

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:48 -0800

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Male orangutan Satu back in 2006.

Orangutan

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:29:48 -0700

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Janey's 50th Birthday Party

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:31:55 -0800

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Janey's orangutan friends also enjoyed treats to celebrate Janey's big day.

Janey smiling for the camera

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:32:00 -0800

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Janey arrived here in 1984, and has become one of our best-known personalities.

Janey's 50th Birthday Party

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:31:44 -0800

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Famous for their problem-solving abilities, orangutans are native to Asian rain forests. They are critically endangered, as more than 80% of their native forests have been destroyed.

Janey's siamang friends

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:31:50 -0800

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Our orangutans share an exhibit with siamangs--the largest of the 16 species of gibbons. A special throat sac enhances the siamang’s call, helping make it the loudest of the gibbons.

nobody@flickr.com (Official San Diego Zoo) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:02 -0800

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