hanging out
We wandered in and out of the primate house several times yesterday.
The White-handed Gibbons and the Sumatran Orangutans share space. They are not two species that would even run into each other in the wild,as the gibbons are from southeast Asia and China, and the orangatans are from Indonesia, but Mercury the male gibbon, and Sugi, the male orangutan have developed an unlikely friendship, and so many times both the gibbon and orangutan families share their playroom and outside yard peacefully.
I'm assuming that since Phoenice, the mother gibbon, has her new baby, they have decided to keep everyone separated for now.
When we wandered back later in the day, the gibbon family had gone back to their downstairs quarters and the orangutans were in the playroom.
Sugi, the father was plastered up against the door to the outside yard, looking rather out of sorts about being denied access. (Just a little too cold for these guys). Tua, the Mom was relaxing on an upper ledge, and little Batu was busy playing with the straw bedding and hanging in front of one of the large glass windows entertaining visitors.
She is your typical 4 year old toddler, and just so much fun to watch!
(2 more pictures in comments)
hanging out
We wandered in and out of the primate house several times yesterday.
The White-handed Gibbons and the Sumatran Orangutans share space. They are not two species that would even run into each other in the wild,as the gibbons are from southeast Asia and China, and the orangatans are from Indonesia, but Mercury the male gibbon, and Sugi, the male orangutan have developed an unlikely friendship, and so many times both the gibbon and orangutan families share their playroom and outside yard peacefully.
I'm assuming that since Phoenice, the mother gibbon, has her new baby, they have decided to keep everyone separated for now.
When we wandered back later in the day, the gibbon family had gone back to their downstairs quarters and the orangutans were in the playroom.
Sugi, the father was plastered up against the door to the outside yard, looking rather out of sorts about being denied access. (Just a little too cold for these guys). Tua, the Mom was relaxing on an upper ledge, and little Batu was busy playing with the straw bedding and hanging in front of one of the large glass windows entertaining visitors.
She is your typical 4 year old toddler, and just so much fun to watch!
(2 more pictures in comments)