Orangutan Refuses To Move For Weeks, Then Caretakers Notice What She’s Sitting On

The Moment Captured

The camera footage showed it all. A newborn gibbon falling—tumbling from a branch that stretched above the orangutan pen. It landed softly in a tangle of leaves and bark inside Mara’s section. Seconds later, Mara appeared, moving with unexpected care. She gently scooped the infant into her arms, looked around, then dug a shallow hollow with her hands. She placed the baby inside.