Tag: OOTM

Orangutan of the Month: “Pola”

Pola came to Camp Leakey in the mid-1970s as a young juvenile orphan along with other notables like Princess, Unyuk and Tutut. During that time, Pola joined one of the original sign learning projects I was conducting as a graduate student working with Dr. Galdikas. Like Princess, Pola was given a home-reared environment within which… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: “Pola”

Orangutan of the Month: Mohtar

Tracy Tannenbaum and Ron Austerlade visited Tanjung Puting in April and September of 1998 and again in April 1999. They fell in love with many of the park’s orangutan residents, but their favorite is this month’s “Orangutan of the Month”! Mohtar is an eight year old ex-captive orangutan with a sweet face and an unforgettable… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Mohtar

Orangutan of the Month: “Peta”

Shortly after Dr. Birute Galdikas won the 1990 Humanitarian Award from the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Princess gave birth to her second child. In honor of the award, Dr. Birute called the newborn “PETA”. Peta’s facial features very much resembles that of her beautiful mother but her personality… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: “Peta”

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 11098 [post_author] => 10296 [post_date] => 1999-10-17 15:34:14 [post_date_gmt] => 1999-10-17 15:34:14 [post_content] => sgistok2 "Gistok is one of the most colorful characters in Tanjung Puting! He once lived with a family as a pet before coming to the reserve. He is friendly to humans, inquisitive and naughty! We saw him hanging in a tree over the river watching us as we headed to Camp Leakey, but weren't to meet him formally until the next day. Gistok has never displayed any nest-building behavior and instead sleeps anywhere he can find. He will probably never be rehabilitated as he likes to spend all of his time near the station. We took a walk to an observation platform in the forest and of course Gistok (and the orangutan, Jackie Chan) had to come with us! We soon tired of them hanging on our arms and ran away from them. sgistok3 Standing at the top of the tower, we'd thought we'd lost them, but eventually Gistok came walking towards the tower, climbed straight up to us and stole our water bottle! Stupid? I don't think so! He bit into the top of our bottle, a nice souvenir. Sadly, Gistok is now missing, presumed killed by illegal loggers in the last few months. Read the report "The Final Cut" by the Environmental Investigation Agency at http://www.eia-international.org/ to find out more." Story by Chris Martin and Donna Bowdidge. They visited Tanjung Puting, February 1999. [post_title] => Orangutan of the Month: Gistok [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => orangutan-of-the-month-gistok [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2022-09-27 06:58:45 [post_modified_gmt] => 2022-09-27 13:58:45 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://orangutan.org/?p=11098 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 2 [filter] => raw )