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Tuan

Bornean orang utan, adult male, father of the two new infants, old island, Realm of the Red Ape, Chester, 13th June 2009.
This is only the second time I have seen Tuan. A correspondent in Belgium tells me that when he was at Antwerp there was no outdoor section of his enclosure, which may explain why he rarely comes outside at Chester.
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OrangePerson
CZJimmy said:
They did have off-show bedrooms which are underneath the old viewing gallery
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I went to Chester about 12 years ago and I think I remember being able to see a sort of upper level of the orangs indoor area - sort of posts with nests on top at viewing level. I remember there being two small babies - one's mother was pretty attentive but the other's mother was ignoring this small baby that was wandering about in the 'nest' - is this in any way accurate?
 
Gigit
OrangePerson said:
I went to Chester about 12 years ago and I think I remember being able to see a sort of upper level of the orangs indoor area - sort of posts with nests on top at viewing level. I remember there being two small babies - one's mother was pretty attentive but the other's mother was ignoring this small baby that was wandering about in the 'nest' - is this in any way accurate?
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You saw the same sort of thing as me, then. I remember females and babies climbing high up on a frame, and having my heart in my mouth as a small ignored baby wobbled around :eek:
 
GillP
I'll upload what I have in the Twycross gallery later Monkeyworld (haven't got the time right now !)
 
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OrangePerson said:
I went to Chester about 12 years ago and I think I remember being able to see a sort of upper level of the orangs indoor area - sort of posts with nests on top at viewing level.
These were the metal climbing frames in the old Orangutan house which brought the animals up to visitor level. They had wooden platforms on top. They were quite ugly & primitive but latterly they added more nets, ropes and fire hoses to improve them. I'm sure they are still in use though you can't go in there anymore.
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Gigit said:
"These are the chimps and there are gorillas outside"; pointing to 6 year old Kiondo "He's the silverback"; and a mystified "I thought gorillas were big".
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we can all laugh at this sort of ignorance(and I often do:D) but in fairness if you have never been to a zoo before and never seen a Gorilla or chimp apart from on TV, it could be confusing sorting out the reality.

The one word they all know is 'Silverback.' They have to be able to label a gorilla as 'that's the big Silverback'- I have seen quite a few females called 'silverbacks.';)
 
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Pertinax said:
'Family trees' are always a good idea- educational but interesting to the average visitor too. Suddenly the amorphous group of animals they are watching become individuals related to each other and with their own histories. Children can try and identify each animal from its age or(better still) identity photo and it promotes a lot more interest all round.
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This is partly how Monkey World gets away with having such a limited number of species - all the chimps and orangs are individuals with stories to tell - even if all their pictures have been out of date.

When I was at Chester in March I was very touched at how excited and thrilled a group of school children was to see Subis and Kirana close-up. One of the boys wanted to adopt Kirana.
 
Gigit
Pertinax said:
we can all laugh at this sort of ignorance(and I often do:D) but in fairness if you have never been to a zoo before and never seen a Gorilla or chimp apart from on TV, it could be confusing sorting out the reality.

The one word they all know is 'Silverback.' They have to be able to label a gorilla as 'that's the big Silverback'- I have seen quite a few females called 'silverbacks.';)
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But, they are standing next to a row of photographs of gorillas with their biographical details!
 
GillP
(Monkeyworld - I've uploaded my pics of the orang info boards at Twycross now. There is also an orang family tree which was already in the gallery from about 6 weeks ago).
 

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