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Baby orangutan cries after being rescued
Story and video from SWNS This is the moment a baby orangutan cried as he was rescued from being kept in a cage - for three months. The young ape, named Batis, was held by a man who claimed he found him on the edge of the forest where he was
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Conservationists save plucky orangutans after forest fire
Orangutans who miraculously survived devastating wildfires have been rescued in the nick of time by plucky conservationists.The great apes, both around 20, were discovered clinging to the last trees standing in the middle of a burnt area of
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Online footage of baby orangutan having a wash goes viral
This video of a baby orangutan having a bath at a rescue facility at Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, has gone viral. A woman is cleaning the baby orangutan named Royal, who was orphaned and rescued from nearby forests. Sumatran orangutans are
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Orangutan freed after being kept in box for two years
An orangutan named Kotap has been freed after spending two years trapped in a 10 square foot wooden box in West Borneo. The announcement was made in a news release by International Animal Rescue which spearheaded the effort. See also: Baby
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Chester Zoo welcomes beautiful baby Bornean orangutan
A critically endangered Bornean orangutan has been born at Chester Zoo - the first of its kind to be born at the zoo in almost a decade. The new arrival was born at 11:15am on Sunday morning (April 2) in front of a handful of amazed onlookers.
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Drowning orangutan saved from river in Indonesia
This orangutan got stuck in a river in Indonesia - and, like most orangutans, it wasn't able to swim. See also: Orangutan finds zoo visitor's magic trick hilarious See also: Orangutan climbs onto tourist boat and slaps selfie-taker
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Orangutan climbs onto tourist boat and slaps selfie-taker
A group of tourists in Indonesia captured the moment an orangutan joined them on a boat - before slapping one of them in the face. The video was uploaded to YouTube and shows the boys and their guides on a boat travelling down the Sekonyer
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