Baby orangutans cling to each other

[jphockey33]

i want to work there when i grow up:D

[MzChelxoxo]

Felix is brave

[LDys91]

This video really did break my heart. These guys couldn't tame a dog. You wouldn't leave two year old children in a cage would you? No wonder they cling to one another there traumatized.

[blasphemytard]

Haha I feel so bad for the 'tan left out. ;´(

[ANMLgaming]

Alllfelix wants is someone to love

[FalconsOfAustralia]

check out our channel please. we are promoting animal awareness. ORAGUTANS RULE

[Podevarius]

I've been watching a bunch of these orangutan videos and I'm noticing the pattern.

They really do not like Felix.

[subculturalgirl89]

where can i find whole documentary?

[ThePluggit]

@subculturalgirl89 I saw a link once on one of the clips and it seems to have been withdrawn.

[raggedyanarchist]

It makes me giggle how that guy just sorta picks up that ball of baby orangs like you'd pick up a suitcase. :)

[ROFLSPASM]

felix is helping <3

[xOriginalSuperherox]

i feel that if animals was to be put in zoos or whatever for safety...its better to put them in places thats big and not some tiny room where they have no life

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

I once went to the Zoo high, thinking it would be a fun experience. NOT AT ALL MOTHERFUCKER! I went in the monkey house, and there was this one "exhibit" (AKA cage) that was about the size of my bathroom. I saw these two monkeys holding each other like the orangutans do in this video, both of them staring right at me. They were two of the saddest faces I had ever seen- and they weren't even human.

That's when I realized that animals have feelings too, and that zoos are basically prisons.

[MoonPisces029]

@TheBackOfTheBoat best comment ever!

[TheNeonTide]

If this behaviour is allowed to be continued, mankind and animals alike will experience the greatest bromance in history.

[12PBS]

poor phelix

[greenlime14]

ಠ_ಠ I want one ಠ_ಠ

[VpY22]

holy fuck. its like teaching kindergartners.

[lox12]

Theyll be ok, they will separate over time and adopt.

[RReederHunt]

Orangutan babies stay with their mothers for many years even if new infants are born - just like with humans, so releasing them alone into the wild at age 2 is not great if there 's a chance to protect them and provide good nutrition for a while. These babies have been traumatized by the experience of being stolen from their mothers and possibly having their mothers killed in front of them so they were easier to grab for the illegal pet trade. Clingy baby behavior is normal.

[GoldenSwordReviews]

what documentary is this?

[HenryDavidT]

The species is not necessarily anti-social; in fact, since the babies of THIS species take so many years to learn to survive on their own, with their natural mothers, it's good that the two orphant boys had each other to cling on to, for social/mental comfort. There's no mistake in them building such a close relationship; eventually adult males would like to live lonely lives, anyway, so let them have the closeness with each other that they didn't have for having lost their mothers so young...

[PlainzGenius]

If I had them for a day, I'd teach them how to fend for themselves. I'd give them a each a .38 special!

[0100110101001011]

orangutangs are so awesome

[sundeathy]

dhat docu is this?

[aliveinsd]

The animals need to learn to be terrified of Humans. How can that be accomplished? There is no chance of a release from captivity until the animals learn to vacant immediately in presence of Humans. Some sanctuaries have programs to instill fear in the animals before release, but I don't see that in this video. Or, did I miss something?

[sweetsunna]

@aliveinsd why exactly should they be terrified of humans? What makes this would make release from captivity successful? If anything, it would make them attack. These people are experts who know what they are doing, and they do the best under the circumstances. They PREPARE them for life in the wild.

[chad11950]

Why don't they just separate them so they'll stop clinging to each other?

[Nosfeast]

@chad11950 That would be the wrong thing to do now they have been with each other so long. They have already been threw all the trauma of being taken away from the mother. It is best not to cause anymore trauma. They cling to each other like that for comfort.

[chad11950]

@Nosfeast That may be true now. They say in the video that they made a mistake putting them together, that they are too dependent on each other. It may seem cruel but they would have been better off separated sooner.

[snypathug]

@chad11950 Human's can go insane from solitary confinement alone, I think orangutans are the same. Putting them together maybe the only sense of familiarity they have to cling to. Live together, or die alone.

[chad11950]

@snypathug I think we could agree that they should be together but in seperate cages so they can't cling to each other.

[snypathug]

@chad11950 I'll agree with that. :o)

[maknmikala]

@chad11950 Orangutans are literally "clingy" by nature. It's perfectly natural for these 2 yr old apes to want to cling. In the wild, they wouldn't become independent for another 5 yrs or so.

[sillyplug]

Yea, separating them is for their own good, I'd imagine. They may be frightened but it will help desensitise them.

[jredditt84]

leave them alone they love each other poor babies

[mrcardio9r]

@jredditt84

That's a great way to get them killed. These aren't human beings; they're WILD animals that need to learn how to survive in the WILD where they belong. Treating them exactly like humans will ensure they get killed out in the WILD. They don't survive in the WILD by being a coward, unafraid of people and clinging to everyone. It doesn't matter how cute you think they are when they’re pathetic.

[chad11950]

@mrcardio9r You are exactly right.

[evilemperordude]

Releasing them into the wild without teaching them any survival skills would be a death sentence too. They were separated from their mothers too young to survive on their own.

[madiovich]

poor thing