Here’s an interesting report seen on the Daily Mail:
Orangutan attempts to hunt fish with spear
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.
The extraordinary image, a world exclusive, was taken in Borneo on the island of Kaja, where apes are rehabilitated into the wild after being rescued from zoos, private homes or even butchers’ shops.
“Orang hutan” means “forest man” in one of Indonesia’s many languages and our long-armed cousins do indeed show a remarkable ability to mimic our behaviour.
This individual had seen locals fishing with spears on the Gohong River.
Although the method required too much skill for him to master, he was later able to improvise by using the pole to catch fish already trapped in the locals’ fishing lines.
The image is part of a series taken for a new book, The Thinkers Of The Jungle, which also includes the first photograph of an orangutan swimming.
Very exciting hor? The orangutan in the picture looks almost human to me in posture. Maybe the storyline in the classic movie, Planets of the Apes is not that far-fetched after all.
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orang utans eat fish meh?
I was wondering too!
Rescued orangutans will eat fish if offered but it has not been documented in the wild. They have been documented to hunt and eat slow loris and other small animals in the wild.
Find out more at http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk
Michelle Desilets
Executive Director
Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK
Thanks for the insight Michelle! :) Orang utans are wonderful primates. We love them in Singapore.
So you go to a website, read stuff about the orangutan and suddenly you know most things about them?