Playful interaction between an orangutan couple 3/₃

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About Bornean Orangutan

Scientific name: Pongo pygmaeus
Native Range: Endemic to the island of Borneo (Indonesia & Malaysia)
Habitat: Lowland and peat swamp tropical rainforests
Conservation status: Critically Endangered / Appendix I

Physical Characteristics:
Largest arboreal (tree-dwelling) mammal in the world
Adult males develop large cheek pads called flanges and throat sacs
Long arms (up to 2 meters span) adapted for life in the canopy
Reddish-brown shaggy hair

Diet:
Primarily frugivorous (fruit makes up most of the diet)
Also eats leaves, bark, insects, and occasionally small vertebrates
Plays an important role as a seed disperser in rainforest ecosystems

Lifestyle:
Mostly solitary, especially adult males
Females live with dependent offspring
Build a new nest in trees almost every evening for sleeping

Reproduction:
One of the slowest reproductive rates among mammals
Females give birth about once every 6–8 years
Young stay with their mother for 7–8 years to learn survival skills

Threats:
Deforestation (especially for palm oil plantations)
Illegal hunting and pet trade
Habitat fragmentation

Other notes:
The Bornean orangutan differs in appearance from the Sumatran orangutan, with a broader face and shorter beard and also slightly darker in color.
The name orangutan means "man of the forest" in the Malay language.

VANDU ♂
Flanged
DOB: 1994/11/23 (YYYY/MM/DD)
POB: Antwerp Zoo, Belgium
Sire: Tuan (Chester Zoo🇬🇧)
Dam: Astrid (Osnabrück Zoo🇩🇪)
Full-sibling: Zowie (decd)
Half-siblings: Wattana (Apenheul🇳🇱), Iznee (decd), Latifah (decd)
Mates: Raba, Merdeka (?)
Offspring: Wan Wan & Wah Wah (w/ Raba)
▸ 1995/10/17: transferred to Stuttgart 🇩🇪
▸ 1998/05/05: transferred to Paris JP 🇫🇷
▸ 2001/08/26: transferred to Sosto 🇭🇺
▸ 2010/01/22: transferred to HKZBG

MERDEKA 馬迪加♀
DOB: 1984/07/04
POB: HKZBG
Sire: Laki (died) | Dam: Surabaya (died)
Full-sibling: Gangsa (LA🇺🇸)
Paternal half-sibling: Melur (Auckland🇳🇿)
Maternal half-siblings: Mukah (Fuengirol🇪🇸), Merah (decd)
Mate: Datu (decd)
Offsprings: No name (decd), Bima (decd), Perak (decd)
・Merdeka has no related members in the zoo.
・Merdeka seemed to have given birth 3 times in the past. Out of the three, only Bima grew into an adult. Bima gave birth in the following year of her move from Hong Kong to Spain, but sadly the baby didn't live long. Bima passed away after giving birth at Fuengirol Zoo in Spain. I would really appreciate it if anyone knows what happened to Merdeka's only daughter Bima at Fuengirol.
・She has no offspring with Vandu.

RABA 華芭♀
DOB: 1996/01/15
POB: HKZBG
Sire: Datu (decd) | Dam: Yasmin (Toledo🇺🇸)
Full-sibling: Sepilok (Omaha🇺🇸)
Paternal half-sibling: Mukah (Fuengirol🇪🇸)
Maternal half-sibling: Melur (Auckland🇳🇿), Takai (Omaha🇺🇸), Kecil (Brookfiled🇺🇸)
Mate: Vandu
Offspring: WanWan & WahWah

WANWAN 雲雲♂ WAHWAH 華華♀
The twins
DOB: 2011/07/08
POB: HKZBG
Sire: Vandu | Dam: Raba
hand-reared
・The twins on 12 July, 2011 (4 days old)    • 港成功繁殖婆羅洲猩猩龍鳳胎 (12.7.2011)  
・The twins on 18 April, 2014 (2 years old)    • 猩猩與我 (18.4.2014)  
・They are now kept in a separate enclosure, but they can see each other.

First Bornean orangutan twins born in HKZBG
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/2...

HKZBG
https://www.hkzbg.gov.hk/en/index.html
The zoo is an accredited member of WAZA.

Reference
2015 INTERNATIONAL STUDBOOK of the ORANGUTAN (Orangutan SSP, 2016)

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