Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary - On the walk to the observaation platform
A large dominant male
The orangutans are displaced by deforestation and taken into the sanctuary
After quarantine the older ones are let into the sanctuary.
Feed is put out each morning and evening. The number of orangutans that come vary dependant on the natural foods available at the time.
A large male ready to become a dominant male will be moved to another region in Sabah to allow it take on it's natural role.
Many of the organutans who come to feed are born wild from previously released orangutans.
If the dominant male sees no threat to his position he allows the others to feed while he's on the platform
Wendy and our guide Hardy in the holiday crowd.
Their arms are longer than their legs and it seems like they have four arms.
A large male bides his time while the dominant male is feeding.
Strecthing exercise.
In a cage for young adolescents not ready for the outside world yet.
These orphans are around 4 years old and would just be about to leave their mothers.
They crave contact and affection but are rough and very strong.
We went into the cage to primariy escape the older, wilder, orangutans who had come from the trees to shelter around the cage to escape the heavy rainstorm.
Wendy squeezing a smile while trying to look all ways for probing orangutan limbs.
