These
incredible pictures show the extraordinary skill and ingenuity employed by
orang-utans to get the fruit they crave.
Using an
old rag, almost like a zipwire, they hang from a ropeway above the bushes in
their compound at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey and lower
their way to the best fruits.
It's a long way down, how am I going to get there? To get to the berries the orang-utans first pull a long piece of rag across the rope |
They then use the rag to lower themselves down to reach their quarry |
They drag the rag across the distance between trees holding up a rope and once they've got to where they want to be they just hang down and take the juicy berries below.
They were
pictured in their enclosure on the Channel Island which has been home to the
orang-utans since 1968.
The family
is made up of a dominant male, Dagu, three adult femails, Gina, Mawar and Dana
an there are three youngsters, Jiwa, Jaya and Gempa.
According
to Wikipedia they share their island play areas with a pair of white-handed
Gibbons called George and Hazel.
This is so not a problem: Now, with the berries in their grasp the orang-utans can pick and choose at their leisure |
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