Orangutan Sits Alone For Days — What She’s Protecting Left Zookeepers Speechless

Real problems looming

Several caretakers nodded in agreement, but that didn’t get them anywhere closer to helping the giant ape. If Mara did not move, it could cause major issues in the near future. Her muscles would decline rapidly, and the ape colony at the sanctuary could discard her altogether. And that was a problem because an isolated Orangutan was a dead Orangutan in most cases.