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Ah Meng (circa 18 June 1960 – 8 February 2008) (Chinese: 阿明) was a female Sumatran orangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore. Ah Meng was originally from Indonesia and was kept illegally in Singapore as a domestic pet before being recovered by a veterinarian in 1971. She was then eleven years old and was given a home at the Singapore Zoo.
The Sumatran orangutan is more social than its Bornean counterpart; groups gather to feed on the mass amounts of fruit on fig trees. The Sumatran orangutan community is best described as loose, not showing social or spatial exclusivity. Groups generally consist of female clusters and a preferred male mate.
Wild Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered. [1] In the 1970s, UC San Diego Health (UCSD) pathologist Kurt Benirschke, persuaded zoo trustees to establish a research department, [2] at the zoo's Center for the Reproduction of Endangered Species, [3] which he subsequently led, providing the collaboration between the University and the zoo.
For the first time in 15 years, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomed a baby Sumatran orangutan last month. ... The orangutan was born to Tua and Sugi, and its sex has not been determined and no name has ...
A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan was born at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana, early on February 28.This clip, released by Audubon Zoo, shows the baby orangutan with its mother ...
The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby Sumatran Orangutan and they shared a first look video, which is so cute. On July 11, 2024, the Philadelphia Zoo joyfully announced the birth ...
Bonnie (born 1976, in Rio Grande Zoo) is a hybrid female Sumatran/Bornean orangutan living at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., since 1980. [1] She began spontaneously whistling, mimicking an animal caretaker making the sound. This is significant as whistling is a sound that is in a human's—but not an orangutan's—repertoire.
With just around 9,200 remaining in the wild, Sumatran orangutans are a critically endangered species.