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Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Chocolate

Chocolate now weighs approximately 14kg. He is a very active orangutan and also has an excellent appetite. He is not ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Carmen

Carmen is now 12 years old and weighs 34 kg. Carmen still lives at the socialisation complex in Nyaru Menteng ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Carlos

Carlos is now 12 years old and weighs 50 kg. He has grown into a very handsome orangutan. Carlos lives ...

Posted 01 Oct 2013 in Updates , Bunga

Bunga was transferred to the newly built centre earlier this year and loves her new home! She spends all her ...

Posted 19 Aug 2013 in TOP in the Media

Just a quick reminder that today is world orangutan day. These gentle apes share 97% of their DNA with us, ...

What do Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey, Palmolive dish soap and Friskies cat food have in common? The answer is ...

Zoos have used water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans. When apes ventured into deep water, they often drowned, ...

Posted 13 Aug 2013 in TOP in the Media

To recognize the most iconic victim of the palm oil industry, World Orangutan Day has been set as August 19th ...

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Orangutans might be the king of the swingers, but primatologists in Borneo have found that the great apes spend a ...