How smart are orangutans? - Lu Gao
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Published 2016-08-30
Along with humans, orangutans belong to the Hominidae family tree, which stretches back 14 million years. But it’s not just their striking red hair that makes orangutans unique among our great ape cousins. Lu Gao shares some amazing facts about these incredibly intelligent great apes from Asia.
Lesson by Lu Gao, animation by Anton Bogaty.
All Comments (21)
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I love how Fu Manchu escapes his cell, and just stays at the zoo and hangs out with his friends
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I saw a video of an orangutan making a trade with a guy for a banana
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1:08 orangutans have better Reproductive Life Plan than most people
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“The Person of the forest” part touched my heart lady 😢
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THIS ANIMATION IS SO FRIGGIN CUTE
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"It's gonna be a sad, sad Earth if we lose these faces of the forest." -Steve Irwin, speaking about orangutans
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I recently heard this story where a member of the orangutan survival foundation went into the habitat to remove a venomous snake from the nearby river, however one of the orangutans thought the man had fallen in the river and offered a helping hand up, it was quite amazing to see and just goes to show that some animals are more human than they seem.
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Orangutan is like that wise man that knows literally everything.
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0:30 Now that is a useful double chin.
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Fruit Soup? Ma'am, that's called juice.
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I just know that one of them can drive a golf cart
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f r u i t s o u p
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Humans: look how orangutans are smart! Aliens: look how humans are smart!
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I'm convinced one day orangutans will replace me and no one will know lmao Edit : I live in the middle of forests in Malaysia, its rare but we do see orangutans occasionally, and they really are smart.
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It's heartbreaking that so many of these gentle creatures are getting hurt by humans... We just uploaded a video about an adventurous rescue mission, where Orangutan Nenuah – she was forced to work in a wildlife show in Thailand – is brought back to her native home, by helicopter. The moment when she felt the grass of her native forest underneath her feet for the very first time will give you goosebumps.
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in Malaysia/Indonesia, Orang means people and Hutan means jungle
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So what is stopping them from joining society... Racism against gingers~
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Smart enough to expertly drive a golf cart.
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This video is absolutely magnificent. The information, animation, voice over and general composition is top notch. The writing is superb and the subject matter is very interesting. I am so glad that this team has been producing such videos. Thank you.
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"Outsmarting their extinction requires creativity, empathy and foresight that our species share." What an absolutely brilliant line.
