Orang Utans

Orang Utans are way cute.

And somewhat vicious according to the people at Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. When an Orang Utan with a baby came out from hiding we were warned to stay out of her way because she has attacked people before, including people who have worked there. So we admired from a distance and watched her climbing a tree, picking fruit and feeding it to the baby and generally causing havoc.

After watching this pair for a while word spread that there were another pair in the trees further down the path so it was nice to see some tumbling through the trees. And no, none of them were called Clyde. Funnily enough, the baby tumbling through the trees was named Sadam because he was born on the day Sadam was captured in Iraq.

We’d split a cab to Semengoh with a Dutch guy from the lodge. We may have been falling asleep on the trip there, but the trip back went in a flash as we talked excitedly about the Orang Utans to the driver. It was just like being 8 again.