Orangutang, Sacramento Zoo
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Orangutang, Sacramento Zoo
Orangutang - Captive
Taken through glass at Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset, UK
Orangutang - Captive
Taken through glass at Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset, UK
While the adult companions were resting, this young orangutan was taking advantage of the facilities in its compound to show off its athletic abilities.
Not that I've been too many time but Perth has a wonderful place to see all sorts of interesting animals.
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Day out in Chester Zoo with my Nikon Z8 and 180-600... Oh and the Family too
This is no April fools' joke!!!
The artist is sitting right there in the middle foreground, between the two wardens. Her name is Nonja (pronounced "Nonya") and she was born in Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo in 1976. Raised as an orphan, she developed a special relationship to humans, and at some point in her life became interested in painting. She was provided with art materials and produced an astonishing series of pictures, many of which were auctioned off to raise money for the extension of the Orang-u-tang quarters. After her intensive artistic career she suddenly lost interest in painting and was provided with a digital camera to take pictures of her visitors (seriously!) However this phase (and the camera) soon came to an end. Nonja was very communicative, not to say manipulative, and loved to persuade ladies (and others) to show her the contents of their bags. Of course she was on the lookout for titbits, and would demonstrate how they should be thrown high over the railing of the enclosure. A special trick of hers was to sit at a particular window, and to persuade visitors to pour fruit-juice and Coca-Cola through a fine leak in the window-sill. Sadly Nonja died in 2018. May she rest in peace!
Standing behind Nonja and smiling proudly is Helmut Pechlarner, who initiated the wonderful transformation of Vienna's Zoo in the 1990's.
Please excuse the quality of the picture. It's a photo of a reproduction (no doubt copyright Tiergarten Schönbrunn) at the entrance to the former Orang enclosure. (I've processed it a little in the camera with colour extraction.)
01.04.2024 No Joke!!!
Orang Utang Mom and her first Baby
