jonathanmd

I saw these orangutans at the Smithsonian Zoo.

Orangutans, who share 97 percent of their DNA with humans, are going extinct because of humans. Poaching, deforestation, palm oil plantations are among the main reasons.

Twycross zoo is having an enrichment day for the animals and thrown lots of colourful balls and some boxes into the enclosure. The new orangutan mum with her baby in her arms decided it looks all a bit messy and starts cleaning up by putting all the balls back into the box. Still with her newborn in her arms, she then carries the boxes with the balls in her mouth all the way up to the top of her climbing frame. She only drops one red ball! What a champ.