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A video I made to dedicate to the motherless baby orangutans. Baby Orangutans are very cute, human like and have the most beautiful eyes. It is cute to see them all together and learning together.   more...But, it is more beautiful to see them with their mothers in the wild.  less

The young Orphan Orangutans are getting a headstart in learning, For older orphans learning is part of the daily routine. Two young orangutan's are learning how to build a nest. Very Cute!!

A nice little video to all the moms out there.

The Bornean species of orangutans is highly endangered, and the Sumatran species is critically endangered, according to the IUCN Red List of mammals, and both are listed on Appendix I of CITES. The Borneo   more...population is estimated at about 50,000 in the wild, while the Sumatran species is estimated at 7000-7500 individuals. The orangutan is an official state animal of Sabah in Malaysia. Orangutan habitat destruction due to logging, mining and forest fires has been increasing rapidly in the last decade. A major factor in that period of time has been the conversion of vast areas of tropical forest to oil palm plantations, for the production of palm oil. Some UN scientists believe that these plantations could lead to the extinction of the species by the year 2012. Much of this activity is illegal, occurring in national parks that are officially off limits to loggers, miners and plantation development. There is also a major problem with the poaching of baby orangutans for sale into the pet trade, the trappers usually kill the mother to steal the baby. Major conservation centres in Indonesia include those at Tanjung Puting in Central Kalimantan, Kutai in East Kalimantan, Gunung Palung in West Kalimantan, and Bukit Lawang in the Gunung Leuser National Park on the border of Aceh and North Sumatra. In Malaysia, conservation areas include Semenggok in Sarawak, and the Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre near Sandakan in Sabah.  less

A scene from one of my favorite shows. "Orangutan Island". This is one of the many reasons why I adore these beautiful apes sooooooooo much!!! They're just funny.

this is footage of the Nyaru Menteg Sanctuary, filmed by Powervid. I edited it to my own statement. Just a tad look at orphan orangutans in the sanctuary and how many they are. Please donate to help   more...these beautiful creatures because, Myaru Menfeng maybe closing down due to the lack of funds to house all the babies. Check out this guys videos. The original version of this is on his channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/powervid  less

The first part of this video is a eye orgy of wonderful photography of National Geographic. Showing the sights and sounds of this beautiful island. The second part of the video shows how mankind is   more...raping it... Enjoy!!! BOYCOTT SPEED RACER!! Yeah!! Yeah!! Yeah!! I misspelled Eden at the end of the video....DANG IT!!  less

A message from Borneo Orangutan Survival. These gentle, charismatic, red-haired apes need our help more than ever....
Someone once said, "all problems are man-made, therefore all problems can be solved   more...by Man."
We have no excuse...Learn more:

www.savetheorangutan.org.uk
www.RedApes.org
www.orangutan.com
www.orangutans.com.au
www.orangutan.org  less

Back in May a few of us went to the zoo and I took my new camera rig. Apologies for the dodgy camera work. I was trying to get used to the weight of the camera and the constant focusing needed with the   more...lenses. Also the fixed focal length of the lenses means I can't zoom so it wasn't always easy trying to capture the moment effectively. In this video you'll see me (briefly) along with Leigh (Dax79), Nicole (Nicole83), Nicole's friend from France Emmanuelle, Jack, Perry and Emma. I also apologise for the extremely cheesy bit towards the end which is for Jack.  less

I never realized what huge nipples orangutans have!