Shy Orangutan Shares Fruit with Friends Love Nature
Transcript
00:00 (man yelling)
00:02 The familiar call for fruit time rings out.
00:08 And on the edge of Bangamat Island,
00:16 orangutans begin to gather
00:18 on one of several feeding platforms.
00:28 The fruit delivery comes daily.
00:30 But it's just a supplement to the food
00:35 these older orangutans forage for
00:37 in the jungle on their own.
00:38 Fina is becoming wilder
00:47 and prefers to eat her booty in the trees.
00:50 (man yelling)
00:52 But Bruni chooses the platform,
01:02 along with Ping and Lupa.
01:05 The three females are soon joined by 13-year-old Jakka,
01:15 a big dominant male here on Bangamat Island.
01:19 (man yelling)
01:20 Who uses his status to get the best seat at the table.
01:23 In the wild, adult males live solitary lives
01:31 and would never sit and eat
01:33 with a group of females like this.
01:35 These orangutans won't be fully grown adults
01:42 till they're around 15 years old.
01:46 But this peaceful food sharing is a testament
01:48 to the bonds they forged growing up together as orphans.
01:52 Roho, another of the older females here,
02:00 arrives and seems hesitant.
02:02 But Jakka signals that she can join in.
02:07 (water sloshing)
02:10 In the canopy above,
02:31 female Kadik doesn't seem happy to be left out of lunch.
02:35 (Kadik squeaking)
02:38 Her kiss squeaks may sound cute,
02:40 but they're actually a sign of agitation.
02:44 Jakka takes little notice.
02:53 So Kadik leaf wipes her arms.
02:58 It's a known sign of frustration for orangutans.
03:03 (Kadik squeaking)
03:06 Rescued when she was three and a half,
03:09 Kadik was too wild to go to jungle school.
03:12 So she missed out on bonding with her island mates
03:15 when she was younger.
03:16 Now she's reluctant to join the others on the platform.
03:22 But this may not be a bad thing.
03:27 The technicies watch her closely.
03:34 (water sloshing)
03:37 At each visit, they monitor the orangutans' behavior.
03:39 Since 2012, over 250 orangutans have been chosen
03:48 for these islands to be released back
03:50 into protected areas of true wilderness.
03:53 In the wild, orangutans are considered semi-solitary apes.
04:01 Unlike their highly social cousins,
04:03 the chimpanzees.
04:04 Adults rarely spend time together,
04:09 unless they're mating,
04:10 or females who occasionally hang out with related females.
04:14 Kadik and the other pre-release students
04:21 must figure out the specific hierarchy on their own,
04:24 as they would in the wild after they lose their mothers.
04:31 Kadik avoiding conflict and being opportunistic,
04:35 shows that she's already on the right track.
04:38 Rowo's still hungry,
04:42 but she's got better table manners.
04:46 She pulls the branch to her,
04:58 like fruit kebab sticks she learned to forage
05:01 within jungle school.
05:02 The technicies' observations of these orangutans
05:13 will help determine who will be chosen next
05:16 to be released into the wild.
05:17 (upbeat music)
05:28 (upbeat music)
05:30 (upbeat music)