r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 19h ago
This orangutan from Leipzig Zoo is clearly not happy about the empty banana box! [OC]
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Picture taken Mai 2026
r/orangutan • u/fwinzor • Nov 18 '20
Keeping orangutans as pets is illegal, keeping them in sideshows and for entertainment is cruel, and is not allowed on this sub
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if the video has orangutans in a house, in clothing, performing fun tricks, that violates rule 2.
Outside of news or articles regarding said cruel treatment, we only allow pictures and videos of orangutans in the wild or in reputable and accredited rehabilitation centers and zoos. please do what you can to ensure that whatever you are posting abides by this.
Thank you {:-(|)
r/orangutan • u/fwinzor • Mar 14 '21
"Return to Monke" posts are now banned
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First is the obvious fact that orangutans are apes and not monkeys.
Secondly, googling a picture of an orangutan and pasting a meme phrase (that already gets posted here frequently) isn't the type of low effort content we would like on this subreddit.
Thank you {:(|)
r/orangutan • u/Western_Radish_2778 • 1d ago
Orangutan photos
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Where can i find the best photos of orangutans?
i want to print some.
r/orangutan • u/Own-Ambition-4405 • 2d ago
How did five baby orangutans end up abandoned in India?
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This story broke my heart, but it has a happy-ish ending. These five babies were deprived of their mothers and will need to be helped by kind humans, for years and years. I can’t understand how somebody could abandon five helpless beings in an unfamiliar environment, when they don’t know how to feed themselves. It’s cruel.
r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 5d ago
An orangutan mother nurses her young at Leipzig Zoo. [OC]
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Picture taken in Mai 2026
r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 6d ago
BIMBO the 46 year old Orangutan from Leipziger Zoo in Germany
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BIMBO was born in september 1980 in Zoo Duisburg and lives since december 2000 in Zoo Lepzig. Picture taken in mai 2026 OC
r/orangutan • u/desmond_humes23 • 9d ago
Lyn Miles, the anthropologist who raised Chantek just talked to our class at UTC!! (the college where he lived)
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She was amazing!! His story is insane, he was so much smarter than you think. We saw paintings and jewelry he made, and she told us about her ongoing campaign to the UN to classify apes as non-human persons, which New Zealand is now trying to add to its constitution!!
r/orangutan • u/Liya_RosyPetal • 15d ago
My favorite part of this subreddit is that I can post pictures of orangutans that I enjoy with little effort and everyone else can see them too, they are my favorite animal and I hope you all like them too
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r/orangutan • u/BigfootLurkin • 27d ago
Young orangutan at the ABQ BioPark Zoo
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Little homie was very lively and playing pranks on all three of the adult orangutans 🦧🦧🦧 thought he was cool.
r/orangutan • u/BloomingPeony_1 • 28d ago
what do orangutans smell like?
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i’m curious cuz i never got close to them at all
r/orangutan • u/Cool-Constant4319 • Sep 16 '26
Fires are still raging in Indonesia
donate.internationalanimalrescue.org
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Please help if you can
r/orangutan • u/Cool-Constant4319 • Sep 14 '26
4 year old orangutan Kaja and his friend, 7 year old siamang Sela
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At San Diego zoo, Sela’s mom Ellie on the right. *Sumatran orangutan
Edit: I have no idea how subtitles showed up on this video
r/orangutan • u/gareths_codpiece • Sep 13 '26
Fort Worth Zoo Orangutans
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Does anybody know the name of the fourth orangutan at the Ft Worth zoo? I love the sweet old ladies PT and Chantek, and Jiwa seems like such a sweet gentle guy. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the fourth orangutan and it's driving me bonkers. Any chance anyone here knows her name?
r/orangutan • u/Eubank31 • Sep 09 '26
I visited the Denver Zoo this weekend and got to see little Siska
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r/orangutan • u/BillythenotaKid • Sep 08 '26
I like the way a baby orangutans eyes are full of joy and curiosity
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