Orangutan of the month April 2020
LORI BELLE: Quiet and Reflective
A new baby orangutan at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) is sometimes the last link in a great chain. Lori Belle was reportedly found by some villagers in… Continue reading Orangutan of the month April 2020
LORI BELLE: Quiet and Reflective
Orangutan of the Month for February 2020:
MARSHA, Magic in the Canopy
It is amazing to think that just over 50 years ago we knew so much less about these orange apes, orangutans, the only great apes native to Asia, than we… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month for February 2020:
MARSHA, Magic in the Canopy
Orangutan of the Month for January 2020:
LEVY, Mr. Can-Do
Male orangutan infants are lightning bolts packed with energy and if there is one orangutan who can be guaranteed to be in the thick of it, that is Levy. Some… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month for January 2020:
LEVY, Mr. Can-Do
Orangutan of the Month for December 2019.
SUMMER: Stubborn but Sweet
Orangutan hair may be a flaming dusky red but it provides excellent camouflage when orangutans are in tangled shrubbery and in the forest canopy where the sun doesn’t shine. Like… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month for December 2019.
SUMMER: Stubborn but Sweet
In Our Hands: A Wild Orangutan Male Rescued with Severe Injuries
Cruelty that humans sometimes exhibit to wildlife including our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, the great apes, is always devastating to see. Here in Borneo we occasionally confront… Continue reading In Our Hands: A Wild Orangutan Male Rescued with Severe Injuries
