ORANGUTAN RESCUE! This dramatic footage was taken during the recent rescue of Riam, a young orangutan that was trapped in a fragmented area of land surrounded by roads and housing. Fires in 2015 destroyed most of the orangutan habitat in this region, forcing orangutans like Riam to search for food on farmland. This put Riam at risk of conflict with the locals, as he was eating their sugar cane crops. After receiving reports from the locals, our Orangutan Protection Unit were immediately dispatch

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Happy #InternationalOrangutanDay! 🐵💻 Let’s play a game…for science! With a tap of the touch-screen computer, our orangutans try their memories at matching pictures. These games are more than just enrichment. They also help scientists study the apes’ metacognition! 🧠 RESEARCH Q&A: https://s.si.edu/2SN1xJb. 📧 Get behind-the-scenes science in your inbox! Sign up for Zoo news: https://s.si.edu/2uJxYh1. | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute