While visiting the zoo I went around on my own after the official tour ended. I stopped for a while at the orangutan enclosure. Compared to the chimpanzees the orangutans space looks much smaller and less interesting but I have the impression they are quieter animals than chimps and perhaps the space is large enough for them though I’m sure the zoo would jump at the chance to allocate more space to them if it was possible. One orangutan sat in the tree and it took some coaching from the keeper to get her to come down and eat lunch. Eventually she did come down but it seemed like she was only doing it to poke at the food and get rid of the annoying human.
Nice shot, I like the look on her face, she looks like she’s having a laugh at the spectator’s expense!
Yeah, she’s making faces at the zoo keeper who was trying coax her out of the tree with nuts and fruit. 🙂