ZooBorns

Perth's Newest Primate: "Don't Palm Us Off!"

Perth Zoo is calling on the community to take action in a campaign to mandate the labelling of palm oil on all food products. The call-to-action came today as a four-week-old critically endangered Sumatran Orangutan, made her debut. The as-yet-unnamed female orangutan was born at 10:40am on 20 October to 39-year-old mother, Puteri. The infant weighed just under 2 kg at birth.

 

Exotics Curator Leif Cocks gets a first-hand introduction to the baby...

Photos: Perth Zoo/Ross Swanborough

For more pics and info, read on after the jump...

Orphan Orangutan Smiles for the Camera

Two weeks ago we brought you pictures of baby Kali at the Kansas City Zoo. The little female orangutan had been abandoned by her mother but found a happy life with new surrogate mom "Jill." Today we check back in on baby Kali who is reportedly doing great.

 

Quite a yawn

Baby's Got A New Mom!

Kalijon, a 5-month old baby orangutan, is now in the care of a foster mother at the Kansas City Zoo after five months of being nurtured around the clock by humans. Step mom Jill has proven to be a very attentive surrogate.

Baby Menari Photos by Life on White

Life on White is a Belgian team that has photographed over 469 different animal species, all on white backgrounds. This week they photographed baby Menari, the new orangutan at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, and were kind enough to share the incredible photos. Enjoy.

 

Menari is the Audubon Zoo's first baby orangutan in 13 years and her name means "dance" in Indonesian

Cheeky Orangutan at Dortmund Zoo

Germany's Dortmund Zoo clearly has a charismatic little orangutan on their hands. These pictures were taken just last week.

Photo credits: StephanieSL 

Another Visit with Menari the Orangutan

While these pictures were taken around the same time as the last round of Menari photos we brought you, we couldn't resist sharing this second set from the Audubon Zoo. Known for their remarkable intelligence, Sumatran Orangutans like Menari are critically endangered in their native habitat.

Orange You Glad it's Wednesday?

hmmm... can't an ape get some coffee around here?

Photos taken yesterday by A.J. Haverkamp from the Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands.

Oh Baby! Orangutan Newborn in New Orleans

The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans welcomed an endangered Sumatran Orangutan, Menari, on June 10th. These photos taken last week give us a sneak peek of the baby in advance of his public debut. Native and endemic to Sumatra, Sumatran Orangutans are smaller and in fact more rare than Bornean Orangutans.

Orangutan Adoration

"A kiss is just a kiss," to quote a song. But this moment, captured by D. Rogers at the Brookfield Zoo is one of a kind. 

This baby Bornean orangutan was born late in 2008 and was one of only two born in the United States that year. More pictures below the fold.

Happy Monday!

Photo taken by olyigel at the Frankfurt Zoo on 4/18/09