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Rescue Orangutan Who Survived Shooting Excitedly Jumps into Jungle During Long-Awaited Release

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, has returned to the rainforest with help from The Orangutan Project and the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE ...
New York Post

Orangutan launches possum out of enclosure at zoo — as horrified visitors scream

Nature is not healing — it’s downright savage. An orangutan at an Australian zoo horrified visitors when it brutally evicted a possum by ”launching” it from the top of its enclosure after the wily ...
FOX31 Denver

Orangutan escapes exhibit after a ‘malfunction’ at Denver Zoo

DENVER (KDVR) — An orangutan was able to escape from its exhibit after a “malfunction” at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Wednesday. The Denver Zoo confirmed with FOX31 that on Wednesday, ...
NPR

Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists say

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, rubbed ...
The New York Times

Orangutan, Heal Thyself

For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties. By Douglas Main Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing ...
CNN

Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male Sumatran ...