A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.

It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Visitors to Zoo Atlanta's orangutan exhibit were surprised to see an orangutan right next to them!

I love how the reporter says "an Orangutan like this one" and the clip shows the mother of the kids... picked by buddha 2 years ago

Female orangutans will snatch food from a male. If he takes the food back or acts violently he sleeps with the boys. If he lets her have the food she is more likely to let him hang around longer picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Just like Zira in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" when she piled boxes to reach the banana and didn't took it. picked by lesaint 6 months ago

Pony was shaved, and tied by the ankle to a wall in a hut. When customers came to look at her, she would "present" herself to them. It took over a year to finally rescue her. This Link Is of a YouTube video, explaining the plight of Orangutans like Pony in Borneo. If you don't want to watch it all, skip forward to 12.47 where they show some footage of Pony, and speak about her rescue. picked by Marz 1 year ago

That is what God will be saying to mankind as he pulls the plug on us. Why? Well it has to do with a orangutan named pony, who was shaved, kept chained to a wall and used as a sex slave in a brothel in Borneo. Quote, "it was a novelty for many of the men to have sex with an orangutan." Many!? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Though it has been performed on dogs and cats, this is the first time a great ape has been the patient. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Tonda the orangutan, friend to T.K. the cat, dies at 50. picked by suebe 8 months ago

By the same folks who brought you the "jumping into jeans" video. picked by glik 1 year ago

Hey, hey, we're The Orangutans, and people say we orangutan around, but we're too busy whistling to put anybody down... picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Going further than just using simple tools, orangutans in Indonesia have been observed self medicating with a balm made from naturally occuring compounds for pain relief. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Sibu the orang-utan has miffed his Dutch keepers by refusing to mate with females and showing sexual interest only in tattooed human blondes.

sigh....hand me the bottle of peroxide :P picked by Nicky666 2 years ago

World's oldest orangutan dies at age 55. Cause of death was choking to death after brain hemorrhage picked by suebe 2 years ago