Orangutan Saves Distressed Baby Bird

@nobody

Were you expecting David Attenborough to be narrating this? That's right, zoos are sophisticated and only filled with adults and the elite (like yourself). Why would there be kids there enjoying themselves?

I was wondering what happened to the chick (since the orang thankfully didn't eat it!)and whether it flourished after its rescue.

I was also amused by the voices and noise especially the sound of someone manually advancing their disposable camera. So, this video must be about 10-15 years old, right? LOL

Awww, poor little birdy.
Hope someone came along and rescued it, but probably not.
Still neat that the orangutan fished it out of the water. And other than picking it up by its head, it was pretty gentle with the little bird.

Better than the chimps and the frogs at the Honolulu zoo.

Seriously, if you search YouTube on
chimp frog

You'll see what I mean, at least 3 videos.

Warning: Not Safe For Work, or indeed, Not Safe For Life. What is seen cannot be unseen.

It looks like a coot to me, so kind of pointless to "rescue" it from the water.

To answer the question of where this comes from - the voices heard in the background all have Dublin accents, so it could well be Dublin Zoo.

that was amazing. i wonder why he prodded it with the leaf first. i guess, i'd do the same thing though - to see if it was alive and also to see what kind of mood it was in. it's strange to see that they are interested in the world around them...beyond their own needs. that was just pure curiousity. he/she was so gentle too. great post.

In ape species, and I believe orangatans stand out in this regard, there exists alpha male behavior which appears as compassion or generosity, but is really only the behavior of a creature who is recognized for it's generosity and compassion. If the behavior wasn't rewarded and if the ape did not appear to be more powerful for it, they probably wouldn't do it, because it would have no selfish purpose.

It is the difference between donating a million dollars because I have a hundred million, and donating one dollar because I genuinely care about the other person. That may be my only dollar (note a biblical story that mirrors this). People and animals are generous when they can afford to be and when that generosity or compassion will add more value to themselves, otherwise, they don't.

It's Dublin zoo!

Staff at Dublin Zoo came across the clip – and recognised the orangutan. Dublin Zoo says that the male’s name is Jorong and he was born in Chester Zoo in 1995. He moved to Dublin a year later before moving to Dudly Zoo in 2008 under an international breeding programme.
Dublin Zoo says that while in Dublin, Jorong fathered a female orangutan called Mujur who still lives at the zoo.