It is one of a collection of images that capture the apes’ human-like behaviour as they go about their daily lives.
In another, the nine-month-old – called Thor – is also pictured playing with a leaf in the arms of his mother, Tutut.
‘They are very human-like in their gestures, glances and general behaviour,’ said photographer Fiona Rogers.
‘They can work you out – they study you and try to figure out who you are and what you are thinking.
‘It felt quite eerie to be with an ape that was very intelligent and deliberate in its thinking.’
Ms Rogers and fellow photographer Anup Shah captured the heartwarming scenes over three weeks in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia. As well as looking into the world of Tutut and Thor, the pair followed a male orang-utan as he waded his way through some water. Just like a human, he raises his arms as he negotiates his route.
Continue reading (Incl. Pics) at: Orang-utan mum snapped smiling as she lovingly cradles her dozing child
.In another, the nine-month-old – called Thor – is also pictured playing with a leaf in the arms of his mother, Tutut.
‘They are very human-like in their gestures, glances and general behaviour,’ said photographer Fiona Rogers.
‘They can work you out – they study you and try to figure out who you are and what you are thinking.
‘It felt quite eerie to be with an ape that was very intelligent and deliberate in its thinking.’
Ms Rogers and fellow photographer Anup Shah captured the heartwarming scenes over three weeks in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia. As well as looking into the world of Tutut and Thor, the pair followed a male orang-utan as he waded his way through some water. Just like a human, he raises his arms as he negotiates his route.
Continue reading (Incl. Pics) at: Orang-utan mum snapped smiling as she lovingly cradles her dozing child
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