Man of the forest

Meet Adam. An 11 year old Orangutan who lives on Orang Utan Island.

Adam was born here and this is a picture of a picture of him as a baby. Looks like he has the nappy changing under control

The orangutans are free to roam the island while the humans are restricted to cages. Here Adam waits for the humans to do a new trick. The taller one obliges and waves a cuddly toy

Thousands of pull ups a day means they are very strong. Years ago one escaped into the jetty area. The humans all dived into the water which must have been very amusing for the orangutan. He was having such a pleasant day eating all the ice creams from the deserted shop until the ranger turned up with his tranquilliser gun

  
 They share 96.4% of our DNA and have similar senses to our own that include hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch.