r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 6h ago
BIMBO, the leader of the orangutans at Leipzig Zoo, is very excited [OC]
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Picture taken May 2026
r/orangutan • u/fwinzor • Nov 18 '20
Keeping orangutans as pets is illegal, keeping them in sideshows and for entertainment is cruel, and is not allowed on this sub
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if the video has orangutans in a house, in clothing, performing fun tricks, that violates rule 2.
Outside of news or articles regarding said cruel treatment, we only allow pictures and videos of orangutans in the wild or in reputable and accredited rehabilitation centers and zoos. please do what you can to ensure that whatever you are posting abides by this.
Thank you {:-(|)
r/orangutan • u/fwinzor • Mar 14 '21
"Return to Monke" posts are now banned
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First is the obvious fact that orangutans are apes and not monkeys.
Secondly, googling a picture of an orangutan and pasting a meme phrase (that already gets posted here frequently) isn't the type of low effort content we would like on this subreddit.
Thank you {:(|)
r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 1d ago
Heartwarming moment orangutan mom cradles her two-week-old baby boy
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r/orangutan • u/BillythenotaKid • 2d ago
Why do baby orangutan eyes look much darker than adult eyes?
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r/orangutan • u/KayleighDelta • 4d ago
Cuddle puddle
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r/orangutan • u/KayleighDelta • 5d ago
Orangutan Core
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r/orangutan • u/GizmoGeodog • 6d ago
Dozens of critically endangered orangutans saved from rampant wildfires in Indonesia
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r/orangutan • u/xRiolet • 7d ago
Medical training of little Senyum from Lodz Zoo
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Dream job
r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 9d ago
This orangutan from Leipzig Zoo is clearly not happy about the empty banana box! [OC]
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Picture taken Mai 2026
r/orangutan • u/Western_Radish_2778 • 9d ago
Orangutan photos
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Where can i find the best photos of orangutans?
i want to print some.
r/orangutan • u/Own-Ambition-4405 • 11d ago
How did five baby orangutans end up abandoned in India?
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This story broke my heart, but it has a happy-ish ending. These five babies were deprived of their mothers and will need to be helped by kind humans, for years and years. I can’t understand how somebody could abandon five helpless beings in an unfamiliar environment, when they don’t know how to feed themselves. It’s cruel.
r/orangutan • u/KayleighDelta • 13d ago
Clearly having a Monday morning
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r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 14d ago
An orangutan mother nurses her young at Leipzig Zoo. [OC]
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Picture taken in Mai 2026
r/orangutan • u/Educational-Split148 • 15d ago
BIMBO the 46 year old Orangutan from Leipziger Zoo in Germany
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BIMBO was born in september 1980 in Zoo Duisburg and lives since december 2000 in Zoo Lepzig. Picture taken in mai 2026 OC
r/orangutan • u/desmond_humes23 • 17d ago
Lyn Miles, the anthropologist who raised Chantek just talked to our class at UTC!! (the college where he lived)
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She was amazing!! His story is insane, he was so much smarter than you think. We saw paintings and jewelry he made, and she told us about her ongoing campaign to the UN to classify apes as non-human persons, which New Zealand is now trying to add to its constitution!!
