that idea to combine the enclosures was not just a bonus for the orangutans, those otters got a nice big expansion so they are probably even happier too, especially considering their new friends
Thank you! Hearing the orangs referred to as monkees throughout the entire video (vs a once or twice mistake) made me both cringe & angry. These videos are seen by countless numbers of people and sadly, many of those viewers have limited or no access to "proper" education; what they see on the internet is taken as fact. But I also was afraid I'd come across as a nit-picking Karen for pointing out a mistake that, while pretty major for a fact-based article, if corrected wouldn't have affected the viewers' ultimate take-away. So thanks for picking that nit first, Karen. Hopefully the writers will check their facts better on any future videos. Love, Karen😘
@@heyimababe9901 Not a Karen, but definitely a Ken. I watched the video twice, and I "picked those nits" twice, as well. It is annoying. Just a single minute talking to the caretaker, a main player, would have prevented this nonsense. But.., you know know-it-alls. I know know-it-alls, too. They co-opted someone else's work. No credit given other than "The Photographer." Contacting the source would have blown the project. 😳 Can't have that!
Hoping the zoo keeper who figured this out got a raise! Love it! ♥️ “You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings”. -Jane Goodall
I'm a 70 years young gentleman and have a good grasp on life and this posting brought tears of joy. I'm so grateful that someone saw the orangutan’s depression, but more so that they did something about it. I am not normally in favour of animals in captivity, but for the survival of endangered ones, it the only way sometimes. So happy to see animals happy with their life. I hope other zoo's take notice and follow this zoo's innovated idea.
Orangutans are not monkeys, they are Great Apes. They do not have paws, they have hands. They are very complex, similar to us. I am glad that they finally have other company, I can imagine how lonely it would have been for them. Thank you for the vid.
@@josephhodges9819 I didn't think he intentionally or fraudulently misrepresented the Orangutans. I was just providing the correct information that was missing from the video.
I really needed this joyful story today! What a reward this must be for one very concerned zookeeper, who opened up their world! I hope it opens many eyes and hearts. THANK YOU for sharing this with the world.
Pets make us feel less alone, keep us entertained, and enhance our lives. There is no reason it should be any different for our bright "cousins" the orangutans. This cheered them up and me as well :) Well done Mathew!
@@hopehigh3224 well said ! I know the lockdown certainly had the same affect on me as it did the Orangutans ! Look at the statistics for suicide during the lockdown. I would say more, but this is not the place for it. I don’t want to tarnish the beauty of this video. Thank you for bringing this point up ! I wish the people running countries would have put as much thought into the effects of the lockdown as Matthew did for these wonderful creatures. All blessings to you !
Putting the Orangatans together with the otters was genius! Also putting other species together is a great idea. Animals are smarter than we give them credit for.
What an excellent idea. Animals in the wild don't live in isolation from each other, though the unique circumstances of being in a zoo has allowed this interaction to blossom into mutual friendship. Well done to this innovative keeper👏
@@toddbennett7157 often they place animals that also in nature live in the same type of environment. the odd thing is that they mixed animals that would never encounter the other in the wild.
Animals have feelings just like people do. They need interaction with others, be it people or animals. Loosing the interaction that they are used too can make them lonely and depressed. They need some kind of stimulus to keep them happy. What this zoo did was genius. They created an environment that helped many different animals. Well done!
This is among one of the most heartwarming stories I have heard! Intuitive, caring steps taken by the keeper, and which have made all the difference in the world to the orangutans (and the playful otters)! Just a lovely story, and a joy to watch x
There absolutely is something to be learned from them how they don’t care about how different they are, how it helped the orangutans mental health and how truly beautiful and amazing it is.
As the son of a university biology professor, I cringed every time he said 'monkey'. To miss-quote Foresy Gump 'I may not be a smart man, but I know what apes are'.
@@mareksicinski3726 it's still wrong. It's like calling a cat a dog, or a hamster a genua pig. Ape's are not Monkeys. Both are primates, but the inaccuracies totally took away from the video.
This is what humankind should be focused to : being worldwide gardeners and foresters. Carring about plants life and animals wellness. The reward is so much better than what we are working for. Thank you this video brightened my day !
My husband and I discuss this almost daily! We have a great responsibility to our Earth and her inhabitants, animal, plant and human! Our Earth will provide everything we need if we are wise enough to not destroy it! I truly believe that we will forever regret the destruction of our rainforests and the Amazon, we need to stop now! We have made great progress in replanting some of our forests, we need to continue while we continue to make sure we lose no more animals or plants to extinction. ❤
Zookeepers like this are special people who are truly invested in the animals welfare. Not only did it help the orangutans and otters, the new idea has helped others as well. People can absolutely take a lesson from this. Thank you for posting this!
animals is one of the precious gift of mother nature. totally agreed with you, this zookeeper is absolutely for keeps. he has a great heart for beautiful beings.
Well said Diedra - I hope that this idea can be more widely used in other zoos around the world. And your comment about lessons for us humans - so very true x
Otters were the perfect pick! They are so fun to watch for everyone! Sure glad moods were lifted and friendships created! That is one smart zoo administrator!
I have 3 cats. They keep me sane. Having weird little creatures sharing my living space is entertaining and comforting. We have nothing in common but mutual existence and it works well. They do cat stuff, I do human stuff, everyone's happy.
@@pixelarcher A lot of species, like orangutans, are kept in zoos because they need that to continue to exist. Humans have destroyed their natural habitat, so we breed them in captivity hoping that one day all captive animals will find a safe living space in the wild. The ideal would be to have sufficiently large nature reserves, but for political or financial reasons this is generally not possible. Zoos raise money to care for animals, and make the public care about their welfare. On the other hand, we must boycott parks like Marineland which imprison marine animals such as killer whales in small basins when they need to swim hundreds of kilometres.
@@RaphaelM-MG alot is no true. Zoos save hardly any species and hardly ever are they reintegrated into the wild. There are no pro arguments for Zoos they all have been debunked. Zoos even take out animals from the wild and put them in the Zoo.
I always thought I would be fine with my own company forever, as long as I had my stuff to work with (making my music and writing). but there are even limits to the most crazy homebodies of us, it seems. I casually slipped into just not talking or doing anything with anyone for a long while and became quite literally insane. It's like your balance and reward centers get out of wack. ... started constantly stuffing my face with extremely unhealthy foods such as icing, sticks of butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract all mixed and put in warm soft wheat tortillas for every meal... laying down in bed all day watching Star Trek... getting pissed, cursing to myself out loud when I had to do tiny things likie brush my teeth or go to the grocery... my muscles just melted away and I started to look like Gollum. things can just get weird when you're in a hole alone for a while i guess.
@@luceatlux7087 Yeah, although I'm very much a loner type and not very social, during lockdowns I went for over a year with very little human interaction and it did take a big psychological toll.
@@luceatlux7087 how long did this last or take to happen? people tell me what a lazy rotten hateful vindictive....person I am. Usually after asking them... remember that money 💰 you owe me for fixing your roof last winter. What's the worst part? Letting someone else treat you like that causing withdrawal or doing it to yourself? Don't take that crap from nobody, remember you count too in more ways than one. Maybe even try telling jokes instead of vulgarity those lines are easily crossed, then work up to kid classics, why'd the chicken cross the road 🛣️? How the 🐔 cluck should I know. 🤧not funny? You got to this point a few angles at a time find reverse the trip back could be half as far you already know where it's at. Please, not the old Startrek, "Crap-tan" Kirk is a dweeb. Spock (even as a green cadet) would've done ✅ a better job, only taking leave every 13 years, not stealing all the women and killin-off every red shirt lackey on the landing 🛬 🔥 party. Spock (pointy🌽🌽 💚 sorry 😐 new toy) he'd grab a neck 🧣 set ya in a corner giving away timeouts for the rest of the show. Meant to cheer you up what's your best kid joke?
The company of another living thing, just goes to show it doesn't need to be the same animal (within reason), just a physical/emotional connection that is truly being craved and given freely. A wonderful, life-saving, idea by the Zookeeper.❣🌹
Elderly in facilities are already form very close attachments to staff, and likewise. We become a substitute family. We were there for them during the COVID struggle. They saw how hard and shirt staffed we worked, but we still comforted them anyway we could. As soon as possible we had family visits through patio fences, throw plexiglass, then together with masks.
We need more people like Mathew. Thank-you for showing these amazing souls such care and devotion, the Arangutans were obviously suffering through being lonely and now look so well as they play with their Otter friends. X
What a wonderful story of friendship to see. I’m just glad the Orang-utans have found friends through this pandemic. I could imagine their how they felt. I lost my mum in March this year, my heart breaks every day, I really miss her. Being alone is no fun.
So sorry for your loss, completely understand, it hasn’t been long for you to be without her. Do you have friends? Pandemic doesn’t help matters. Other family members? Your pain will change, cherish the good memories.
@@yvellebradley2502 Thank you, in one way I’m glad she is at peace. My mum had bowel cancer & chemo, then twenty years later suffered with bladder cancer & shingles + mum had a Urinary Tract infection, I didn’t know; if gone undetected can affect your heart & brain. Mum’s went to her brain. So now she is at peace. It will always hurt, sometimes more than other times. My friends & family do support me, but as they say, “you can have a hundred people around you & still feel alone”. It’s just hard knowing both our parents are dead. I will always miss them. Thank you for your kind words.
So sorry for your loss. Sometimes pets can fill a void that no one else can. Evidence even supports how pets can help relieve trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, loneliness, pain and high BP. The world is full of people and animals looking for each other. I hope you find peace.
Another key difference to note between the orangutans' interactions with the otters vs. human park visitors, is that they're able to actually touch and play with their new friends, rather than being separated by glass, only able to look. I love how the young'ins run off to play, while the "adults" chat, just like humans often do!
Orangutans are very, very social animals and need a community. They are not meant to be kept in the isolation of zoos. Im so sad about captive animals. Especially those who are healthy enough to thrive in the wild but were captured very young and cant be released because they adapted to captivity. I mean its understandable if the animals have health concerns that prevent their release, but most zoos have very unethical practices pf buying young animals that otherwise could've been rehabilitated and released.
@@stass2933 Don't be sad about captive animals because they are safer with humans. Animals are hunted in the wild and forests are becoming few. So where would they go? They are safe with us.
@@Simplythetruthfulone: If wild animals are kept in captivity then they should have plenty of land to move around on, and not be used to do tricks in a circus. Many lions, tigers and beers have been abused by circus ppl, and it's wrong to do that to a wild animal. I've seen videos of circus ppl putting wild animals like a bear or lion in small cages for years on end and that's Animal abuse, and it's why we have rescuers take them away from circus ppl and put them on wild life reservations. And often times these wild animals need dental work done on their teeth because the circus ppl neglected them, and it hurts them to eat food.
@@Simplythetruthfulone Agreed. But be sad about loss of habitat and hunting for 'bushmeat'. But also be wary of imposing 2020s rich (despite current economic tensions) western societies values on more close to the edge of surviving cultures. A difficult one, especially as we westerners got rich by being carefree about the planet and other animals
Sorry but your information is incorrect…. Those otters were there long before the pandemic and has nothing to do with loneliness. Pairi Daiza is a very animal friendly zoo where they have a lot of space and distraction. The zoo is not even open all year around just to protect the animals from too much stress. They were never bored…. Let alone dying from loneliness. This zoo invests a lot into the welfare for the animals.
You should come and have a visit and you’ll see with your own eyes. This video is fake… go to the website of pairi daiza and you’ll see how much effort they do to save these animals. There natural habitats get destroyed for the palm industry so you can wash your hair! So don’t judge….
This just touched my whole heart!! What a wonderful idea ... humans could learn so much from animals ... I hope more of these enclosures can become home to more than just one ... thank you for saving these wonderful babies!!!
Before domestication was probably co-habitation in the animal kingdom, where animals sees one another as necessity for security, shelter, or food source (indirectly). For instance burrows made by moles and such animals may be used as shelter by other small animals. Small animals may seek security from larger animals that does not prey on them (like Rhinos and Birds or Rabbits).
This is such a heartwarming story. Otters are very mischievous. In Scotland we have many, and yes they are very personable lil fellas. Thanks for putting this up. It made my day.
I am glad to hear there are otters in Scotland. Just that alone, evokes a marvellous land of fresh pristine river and sonorous water flow and running playing otters. What a gift to have nature that is alive and well.
Animals are interactive creatures as well, so it's certainly a great idea to let animals who are friendly with each other (not threats to one or the other) to have more interaction! Kudos to the zoo keepers!
Zookeepers are who stole them from their habitat and made them depressed. Basically the otters are nothing more than a Nintendo game console for the orangutan.
whatever makes you feel better about zoos but you know deep down they are there purely for the entertainment of humans. Yes they care but only to a point and only whilst profitable.
Predators and Omnivores make connections also. Just go hug a Shark, Grizzly Bear, Lion, Tiger or Crocodile the next time you see one to get that "connection & Love" in you desire. Lofl Hell you can always go hug some herbivores like Orangutans, Apes, Rhinos or Elephants for that connective love as well. Seemed to work out for Timothy Treadwell. 😂
theyre typically "captured" because theyre injured in a way where they are going to die. so they save them, but then they cant be released back into the wild and survive on their own. At least thats how ethical zoos work.
they are not 'captured', probably conservation zoo bred in order to keep certain species from going extinct by ruthless humans in their home countries. The old concept of 'zoos' is a thing of the past. Its now all about conservation. There are still some people who have had the old concepts indoctrinated into them at school etc.
These beautiful creatures deserve so much better than what humans have given. I could watch them all day long and never get bored. They are absolutely magical!
Good to know that there are people who have the ability to come up with ideas to enhance and perpetuate the species. This may even work with other animal groups.
@@nergystar524 lemur, loris, and tarsiers are all apes with tails. As such it is not the primary difference, the true difference is the ancestry of a species.
I am intrigued by it. I want them to try it with the other great apes. Clearly, something similar to what makes us have a propensity for keeping pets is part of their make up too. This has emotional support animal written all over it. I want to see if gorillas would get along with other animals like this too. Coco had a cat. I would hesitate with chimps though. They’re so aggressive bonobos maybe. And definitely Gibbons.
@@Hun_Uinaq Quote: “Lemurs are primates, an order that includes monkeys, apes and humans. Lemurs are prosimians. Other prosimians include galgoes (bushbabies) found in Africa, lorises found in Asia, and tarsiers found in Borneo and the Philippines. It is both, animals have more then just one thing classifying them. They are of the “Order” Primate
The main problem with keeping animals in zoos is mental stimulation, keeping them from being bored and in the case of more intelligent animals like apes & elephants providing fun is so important. The keepers here have created an interesting & fun environment for the animals to ENJOY.
@@TafaraBwerinofa Without zoos many animals would be extinct. Ideally, yes no zoos and all animals in the wild, safe & free. If you think that is possible I bet you believe in world peace too. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Best we can hope for are zoos that carry out serious research in animals conservation and treat the animals in their care well.
@@MrTallpoppy58 Well you have a point, just that zoo's serve two purposes, conservation role and making money (tourism). Where do we draw the line and be honest about it? We can trust zoos yes, but I am more in support of game parks, at least animals have the freedom to roam about in their natural habitat. Tourism still exists but animals are not in cages.
@@TafaraBwerinofa No money, no research. Game parks are few and far between. I would think zoos play a far greater role in conservation then game reserves. Very few tourist can see and hence pay to see animals in a game reserve, unless you are a millionaire. The worlds is not perfect.
@@TafaraBwerinofa The world has become a lot better for those animals that still survive. I have seen some disgraceful zoos but less and less now, thankfully. Have you ever seen Australia (Park) Zoo in Queensland. The enclosures are massive and you really need to be fit to walk it. Its why they have a train system. The enclosures are wonderfully designed, not as good as nature but close and nature does not have a medical plan.
I appreciate that you got straight to the point and didn't repeat yourself for 5 minutes like so many other similar channels where they have a good point but it repeats on a loop and finally makes the point. I'll watch more of this channel if all your stories are like this. Nice job 👍🏾
@glasshousefuture, I totally agree with you! The narrators of most other channels don't get to the point of the actual story. There is too much blah blah blah in order to get more minutes in.
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My goodness, it sure looks like a success for all! I hope that this trend builds up the connections so deeply missed and that it's a wonderful example. Thank you for sharing this!
The San Diego Zoo has orangutans and siamangs in the same enclosure as they share the same habitat in the wild. Their interactions are heartwarming and very funny most of the time. Siamangs can be rather naughty toward the orangutans and it's always fun to see what they get up to.
Having ferrets, which are in the same family as otters, they are the most inquisitive little creatures I have ever encountered. They are extremely social and I think more curious than cats. I have to guess that otters are very similar with their social skills and quirky curious minds. What a great idea! Brought joy to all of their lives. I love the thought of the otters being able to swim from their enclosure to the orangutans. You can get even more creative with it. The more they can explore the happier they will be. My ferrets are free range. The thought of caging them would be like keeping a cat in a cage. It would break their little souls.
i miss my ferret Pest he was buddy! before he died got real sick turned yellow then got healthy again about 4 months later he passed away...then there was baja my albino one i got from friends mom... she loved being held and sitting on laps
&LeRoy Poleschuk wow u had a cuddly girl! None of my girls are cuddly. My boys on the other hand are big fat loves. Do u not get more bc of all the illnesses they get?
Hello everyone...I subscribe to several Otter channels on RUclips. They were very interesting and entertaining. I can imagine they were a good addition to the Primate exhibit.
It’s great the Care-Taker/Psychologist is paying attention and looking out for these guys. It’s good work Sir. Great story and I hope other Zoo’s are paying attention.
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Well done Sherlock Holmes. Have you only just found this 10 year old information out. Honestly sometimes it’s best to keep quite in these videos and people what watch them. As 99% of them will know. Save the embarrassment young-an.
The first, famous kitten of KOKO’s, she named “All-Ball”, bc the kitten was a Manx mix, a rumpy. She was quite happy with A-B, an I don’t blame her a bit!
@@joeburrows6 Wow how tone deaf considering that in the 10 years since then other scientists have found the study flawed and to say koko ever learned sign language is stretching the truth. The real moral here, Our understanding of knowledge often develops overtime and there is nothing wrong with that.
@@joeburrows6 No. I chose to use it as a ( famous) example. I'm allowed to comment, have an opinion, have input and use references of any age or relevance I choose. The tone of your comment is very angry & bitter. That says more about you than it does about me . Dimming someone else's light doesn't make yours shine brighter. And I'm not young. I have a degree in psychology & work in mental health, so the tone of your comment was...interesting.
@@Sir.InfinityTGK watch Koko talk with Robin Williams, the late comic/actor. Also watch the YT clip where a Zoo visitor offers a banana to a Gorilla ( from behind the barrier) . The Gorilla points to a keeper (off screen) & shakes his head!
@@erickpoorbaugh6728 maybe his language origin is from a non english country. Im german and monkey and ape both translate to "Affe" so we make no difference there and call both the same. There is another word "Menschenaffe" wich literally means humanmonkey and/or humanape, but this is rarely used by anyone. Most just say "Affe" to any ape and monkey that isnt a Gorilla.
I watched a programme recently about The Tower of London, and they said the Ravens missed the visitors during the pandemic, and were bored. Shame more people aren't like this man, he deserves a medal.
What a beautiful story! That someone thought about these animals and then found a way to help them! I love how the orangutans and humans compared emotionally. Lonliness kills
Awesome idea to treat the sadness/ depression of the orangutans. Thumbs up to the zoo caretakers. It happened with many stray animals, like dogs 🐕 during the lockdown, when humans were out of their sight. Thank God that things are changing 🙏 towards better .
Otters are very friendly - I personally watched them play tag at an Indiana, USA zoo with a 5 year old boy. He was running alongside the aquarium glass wall, switching directions as fast as he could, while the otters swam underwater inside the glass aquarium, matching his speed and direction with ease. Every time he switched direction to try to lose his "tail" and the otter instantly flipped over and reversed direction too, the boy would shout with glee. I also knew a native american Ojibwe medicine woman & grandmother, who tells of playing with a wild otter family as a very young girl. She was watching the otters play on a mud slide into the creek, and it looked like such fun that the girl could not resist taking a turn on the mudslide herself. This startled the whole otter family, but the adults came and circled her swimming and sniffing her while she froze, and eventually they touched her showing trust and friendship. The girl began visiting the otters daily, sharing her lunch with them. One day she had the bright idea to invite the otters to come and visit her home for a tea party, and she enticed the whole otter family to follow her home, where she fed them bits of cooked fish on her tiny tea party saucers at a short tree stump/ table just their size. A great time was had by all, and her parents were amazed, because when she previously told them about her adventures with the otters, they thought she just had vivid imaginary friends. The human family moved away shortly afterward, as it was time for the young girl to go to school and there wasn't one nearby. This was not the first time Grandmother made friends with local wildlife; she got her childhood name "walks with bears" when she was just beginning to walk; a bear family stopped by the wilderness clearing where her family lived, and the cubs played with her, and she was steadying herself while walking by gripping the bear cub's coats as they walked beside her under mama bear's watchful eyes. When Grandmother's mama saw this, it scared her half to death; she feared what a normally over-protective mama bear could do to her bold daughter gripping the cubs, but the mama bear was very patient and caring to this tiny, hairless cub of a different species. The bears left after the grown humans showed up.
@@reesecarr2105 Many zoo animals today were never free. Some were, technically speaking, but were rescued from a certain death in the wilderness or from poachers/smugglers' hands and relocated into a zoo. Great many of the animals would be unable to survive in the wilds anymore, many would have no suitable environment left to return to. Orangutans, like all the great apes, are suffering from habitat loss. While I agree on especially many mammals and birds, with their more developed brains (compared to snakes, lizards, insects, and such), suffering from living in captivity, and thus I see zoos as sad places, the individual animals in them often have no better alternatives whatsoever. That's why it's essential to try to make the zoos internally better places. Unfortunately zoos aren't financial gold mines, so developing them is economically difficult.
In my hometown in a small zoo, a lonely orangutan was given a kitten. It was love at first sight. His keeper write a childrens book about the friendship.
Epic , I know its a saying ... However i can feel an unusual warmth in my heart . Never imagined this was a literal feeling . Thanks for posting this .
I love this story❣️ It interesting, but makes sense, that orangutans are animal lovers like us. Thank you for taking the chance that all these precious creatures would benefit from your idea! It warms my heart♥️
Yes, as you say, most intelligent and caring humans regard their "pets" as friends, and "play" is also fun for those taking part. I'm so glad the otters and Orangutans found new friends.
I find it strange that different species were "discovered" to be able to live and play together. Anyone that has ever had a farm or ranch knows this. I have dogs playing with goats. When we had cows, the goats would often come to them and play and they would try to headbutt each other. We would give cracked corn in a 50 gallon barrel that had been cut in half length-wise so they would come when we called them. One of the goats got smart and she would lie in the barrel and eat to her heart's content. The cows would try to get her out with their horns but could not as she laid real low. The cows would start bellowing their displeasure. :D The cows would even play with our dogs. And of course, many of them wanted to be with us or play with us. Elsie, one of cows, would run over to my wife for her to scratch her neck. Some of the goats would jump on us. Many of the animals wanted little "snacks" that we had for them and would try to sniff our pockets and nudge us for them.
When I used to help out at the stable when I was a kid, we also had a few cows, maybe 20 head tops. They learnt to recognise my hi vis, because I always had a few scraps in my pocket. Of course, that meant that when someone else borrowed the jacket, the cows harassed them too 😁
I am an animal lover to begin with but the Orangutan is up in my top 5 and has been for decades. There was, at one time (He is probably "gone" by now) an Orangutan at the Milwaukee Zoo that LOVED to interact with the visitors MUCH more than others. He would "preform" by doing rolls, jumping on the tire swing and just act like a clown, periodically stopping to laugh boisterously and applaud himself. He would do this for a few minutes then he would end the performance with his signature move. There were a few different ways he would do it, but my favorite was he would turn his back to the glass, bend over and look at the people them laugh in that position while he flipped you off! EVERYONE would just die laughing which made him even happier!!
What a brilliant thing to do. I am so pleased to hear how happy the otter visitors made the Orangutans, even though it was really a 2 way friendship. It's just shows how important relationships are so important for well being whether it's between the same species or interspecies. A very heart warming story . Thank you for sharing this on you tube . Especially when so much negative stuff is reported , it's great to see something so happy and joyful .❤
I appreciate the analogy, but where do orangutans meet otters in orangutan environments only in a zoo. Love the outcome. Probably should be repeated: we don’t eat each other, we’re good. Next, the ecosystem where we eat each other!!!! Oh, shit, the nature we’re disrupting!! Zooers are full of 💩
During the pandemic we were all experiencing loneness and its true that animals will also feel lonely... I love this , it was awesome that Matthew found away to make them happy and feel loved. Thank u so much for this video it made my heart so happy. ❤
This is my favorite kind of story, love developing between two different species. I think it happens a lot more than we realize, but it shows how animals aren't all instinct, how they have big beating hearts just like us.
This story reminds me of my last bullmastiff. She was a very gentle girl, wouldn’t even defend herself. When we had horses visit our property in Connecticut she happily trotted towards them. Turkeys were the only creatures she didn’t try making friends with but then again it was because she didn’t know what to make of them. Also our eldest current dog used to howl alongside the coyotes at night. It was really creepy because we could hear they were close to the property. We don’t live anywhere near coyotes currently so we don’t get those nighttime howling serenades.
Mixed species exhibits are fairly common in zoological facilities. It informs visitors about a given species natural range/distribution and helps people envision actual biosystems, while providing much needed diversion for captive creatures. It's called "behavioral enrichment".
Matthew, the zookeeper is Brilliant & deserves a giant raise in salary!! What a Wonderfully ingenious idea to introduce these two comical species together & let the fun & mischief begin! Thank for sharing this heartwarmingly touching video to raise our spirits during these uncertain times during the pandemic; much appreciation!!!🥰🥰🥰
Animals are smarter then people. I worked with Baboons, marmosets, Rhesus, etc.... University of Miami ran test. Nothing bad. Baboons cage, rest were like 5 blocks with everything. Not a zoo. Merck pharmaceutical Owned Rhesus. It was my Passion 13 yrs 7dys wk I could sit down with them, hand feed alpha 1st, 2nd rank, etc... I was alpha but we had a beautiful bond, trust. I literally spoiled them with veggies, peanuts, Crack corn, sunflower seeds. Their smarter then people. God creations. 🥰🙏❤️
Poor Orangutans lost their forests because of Humans......From South America to a Cage! No respect is deserved for Zoo keepers. Especially when Animals are Fit for Survival in the Wild
"The zookeeper decided to try the idea with penguins and seals." Uh...correct me if I'm wrong but going from most of the nature documentaries I've seen, those two tend to not mix well.
That is so amazing what a beautiful story. I wish all humans could find such joy, friendship and love. Thank you for sharing this and please do more updates!
So sensitive and wondrous this person who thought of this,the different species so welcoming of each other! Magnificent. Now if we can just get some humans as decent and sensitive to heal the warring factors of our human family and stop pitting one identity against another, it will save humanity. This is blessed and beautiful, thank you.
Maybe not having them in a zoo, to begin with, would be sensitive. Making them a prisoner is cruel and only should be done when living in the wild is not possible. Those who attend zoos are to blame for the pain of a lot of animals.
@@georgeedward602 Do you understand that most zoo animals are not able to live in the wild either due to debilitating injury or being raised in captivity but don't be upset because the money that the zoo's make when people come to view the animals goes directly to funding the species preservation so zoos are good for the species as a whole
I think that is so beautiful. Animals are way more caring, very smart and most of all alot more loving and forgiveness than humans are. God bless our animals.
Makes sense, a huge amount of a free animals time would be observing other animals. I would rather they be free but this is a forward thinking step for zoos.
A zoo is actually pure heaven for nearly all animals. The only exceptions are predators which need to roam (wolves, orcas, eagles, etc). Wild animals are forced to live in a constant state of stress and a literal type of hell.
@@ferret1303 Have you been hunted by someone to eat you lately ? I'm sure after a couple of weeks, you'd want to live in a secured place with free food.
@@Great-Dao-of-Elegance you obviously aren’t to bright when you wrote only exception are predators which need to roam, don’t you think all the herbivores like to roam and graze on different grass, giraffes, rhinos, elephants I’m sure they like to roam. Sure some animals probably suffer from some anxiety, but none of them get mental health issues there designed for it. They do get mental health issues when they live in a zoo though.
@@ferret1303 Oh no, someone's attacking my intelligence. I better come up with a great rebuttal for that. Except all of that reply is based on assumptions and confirmation biases.
It's so cool to see such different animals helping each other - even like this. What started as an experiment worked out great for both and I'm happy the orangutans spirits lifted! ❤️🙏❤️
It only seems unnatural to us, because we humans feel as though everything needs to be packaged in groups of likeness. We do this because it allows for quick identification in our mind, of what our eyes see or better said, "what our senses are experiencing". Way back when we didn't live in communities or buy our food in stores. Our senses were extremely quick in discerning dangers or a potential meal. Something like apophenia, but not. Lol..lol. The bible says in (Isaiah 11:6-9 NIV) [6] The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling a together; and a little child will lead them. [7] The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. [8] The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest. [9] They will neither harm nor destroy. He is referring to the 1000 year millennial reign of Jesus Christ, when He sits on the throne of David, in Jerusalem. This of course, takes place after the Great Tribulation(Daniel's 70th week, the time of Jacob's trouble) and it ends when Satan is let loose for a very short time, at the end of the 1000 years, and this is when the Earth will be burned up and made new. All of the elements will be destroyed. Some may argue this is eternity, but the sea is mentioned and we know by scripture, that there will be no sea on the new Earth. Before the fall in the garden, it is clearly stated what exactly, all of the creatures of the Earth, dined on, and meat was nowhere on the menu. This is because death never existed, until Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and died. It is at this point, that death entered God's perfect creation. This is also how we know that the dinasours actually lived in man's time and not before the creation account in Genesis. There was no Ice Age that wiped out these creatures. Death had not occurred yet. It is also notable, that Adam and Eve died in spirit, immediately. Ending the personal fellowship they enjoyed with the invisible God. Scripture tells us that God is Spirit and therefore must be worshipped in Spirit. This is what we born again Christians enjoy in fellowship with God, by the life giving power of His Holy Spirit, today, and it was made possible through the saving grace that God gives us through His glorious Son, Jesus. Who, suffered for and paid all of our sins on Calvary cross, to keep us outta Hell's fire and He imputed or credited His perfect righteousness to those of us that believe. The flesh of course is merely a clay vessel that houses the spirit and the soul. It did not completely die, immediately, rather death entered in and began it's destruction of the physical body. This is why we are dying the instant we born. This is up for debate as to when life starts and I do believe it begins at the point of conception. But Jesus in speaking with Nicodemus, explained that unless a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Then He goes onto say that unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. Some argue this statement to mean water baptism. But Jesus tells us in His next statement, what He is referring to here: John 3:5-8 NIV [5] Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. [6] "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit". [7] You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' [8] The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. I kinda went off the rails there.. lol..lol.. I ended up taking this simple comment and stretching it out, dragging you kicking and screaming through the fall of creation and then skipping over four dispensations to body slam you with the "Gospel of Salvation". Lol..lol... Now that you are down on the mat, as I showed you how the body or flesh is separated from the invisible God, because He is Spirit and you, because of the fall of Adam, cannot have fellowship. How can the flesh which is pretty much just dirt, worship Infinite God? I will finish up by asking you, if you have ever jump started a dead car battery, to get the car running again? I ask this because it is pretty much exactly what being born again or born of the Spirit means. Minus the car batteries, because the dead car battery is you the dead spirit inside that mug(flesh) looking back at you in the mirror and the battery used to regenerate the dead car battery, is actually the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit(Holy Ghost). He not only regenerates you the dead spirit in your body, to life. He indwells you for eternity. He is your assurance of the promise of eternal life. This is symbolic of our betrothal to Christ. He is the Comforter, Jesus said to His disciples, that if He did not go to the Father, the Comforter would not come. So it would be better He go. The Greek word for Him is Paraclete and I would strongly suggest, you look up, at gotquestions.org their definition of that word under questions about the Holy Spirit because it is the best I have read. Anyhow, now being born again or born of the Spirit or of God(all the same), you can now enjoy that exact same fellowship that Adam enjoyed with God, before the fall of creation. I say "fall of creation", to take us back to the original comment, as before then, all the wild beasts, including lions and whatever sort of canines there were, ate grass like the livestock do today. They certainly could not eat raw meat, seeing that death has not entered creation yet. Last note: (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him will not perish(die), but have eternal or everlasting life. We all know that one day we will put off these old bodies, by laying them down like a worn out garment. But, unlike the poor wretched soul mentioned in (Luke 16:19-31), that has no hope or any part in the next life, because he remains seperated from God, in eternal torment because he rejected God's free gift of saving grace that comes only through Jesus, Who makes possible regenerstion and a new eternal life, that comes with that new Spirit, a new heart, replacing that old hardened heart of sin. Also the renewing of the mind, giving us the mind of Christ, as we are sanctified, being set apart from the world unto God, and His Holiness. We all sin. We are born dead in Adam, making every person who ever lived, a sinner because of actual or the original sin of Adam. We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. We are bent toward it because our volition is for the things of the carnal man or flesh only. We cannot in our debased state, desire the things that are of the Spirit, because our spirit is "stone cold dead" in Adam. Not sick or lame.. Dead.. Dead as in needs resuscitating "not" just a little help. But Jesus paid all of our sins once for all time. God the Father says that He chose to forget them by placing them as far away from us as the East is from the West. In other words, they can never meet because they go in different directions forever and that is exactly how long we have forgiveness... "Forever".. Your heart may stop ticking ar anytime. Maybe tonight while peacefully sleeping, snug in your bed. You suddenly find yourself on the othe side of you last heartbeat, and the foor of time slams shut on you. There's no going back. Are you ready to meet the love of your life Jesus, who died to save you from Hell. Or does (Luke 16:19-31) sound like the direction you are heading. Where you will meet Jesus Christ, Alpha Omega, the Dreadful Judge, Whom, you scoffed at by rejecting His agape loving advances toward you, while there was still time. Now it's to late and you have eternity to suffer through it.. Sucks yo be you.. Seriously.. it really does if you have taken that far. Time is running out, because once we breathe out our last. Our eternal fate is sealed as time stops for the dead and we are at this point, locked into an eternal state, based on the choices we make now.. Ever wonder about those crosses you see up an down the highways? The ones where people got scrubbed out in a wreck. I truck for a living and often wonder if they maybe thought something a bit off or different on that day. Maybe they had been told that very day about the gospel and once again, said"no thanks". Bet they wish they had of taken door number 1 instead of door number 2. When God extended His right hand(Jesus) to them. Bet they wish now that they took the narrow gate at the end of the path less traveled, rather than racing down the broad or wide road where there are lots and lots of pleasure, comforts and fleeting good times. No restrictions and all of your friends are right there egging you onto destruction/ damnation. Like the man in (Luke 16:19-31), I bet they wish they had some water to soothe and cool their tongue. I mean, some knew Jesus personally and are never looking back now, as they bask in the warmth of the light of the same One, Who created the Sun, the Moon and the stars and hung them in the heavens. For these souls, there will be no more tears or pain.
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that idea to combine the enclosures was not just a bonus for the orangutans, those otters got a nice big expansion so they are probably even happier too, especially considering their new friends
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and their penchant to relate, their curiosity and general good nature.
@@nancyschuett3953 what???? did I do something lol
@@TheOriginalFlowerdough I was wondering about that too. ;)
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Love this. A lot of good feelings. One thing though is that Orangutans are not monkeys, they are considered great apes
I came here just to write this. Definitely not subbing to this channel if they don't know the difference. It's kind of important. 😐
I totally agree.
They are one of the Great Apes.
They obviously haven't heard this saying; Monkeys have tails
and Apes do not!
Thank you! Hearing the orangs referred to as monkees throughout the entire video (vs a once or twice mistake) made me both cringe & angry. These videos are seen by countless numbers of people and sadly, many of those viewers have limited or no access to "proper" education; what they see on the internet is taken as fact. But I also was afraid I'd come across as a nit-picking Karen for pointing out a mistake that, while pretty major for a fact-based article, if corrected wouldn't have affected the viewers' ultimate take-away. So thanks for picking that nit first, Karen. Hopefully the writers will check their facts better on any future videos. Love, Karen😘
@@heyimababe9901 Not a Karen, but definitely a Ken. I watched the video twice, and I "picked those nits" twice, as well. It is annoying. Just a single minute talking to the caretaker, a main player, would have prevented this nonsense. But.., you know know-it-alls. I know know-it-alls, too. They co-opted someone else's work. No credit given other than "The Photographer." Contacting the source would have blown the project. 😳 Can't have that!
They don't have "paws" either.
They're apes, not monkeys. So glad that the orangutans are happy now. I love the orangutans, they are so smart too.
"huge monkeys" weren't you listening /s
...and bonobos and chimps are closer to humans than orangutans. Two very basic errors by the writer of the voiceover but still a great story.
@@billytheripper4 Again, they're [Great] Apes. Related to monkeys, but not monkeys.
A easy way for people to differentiate them is to remember that monkeys have tails, and apes do not.
I appreciate you for this. People call me Monke all the time
Hoping the zoo keeper who figured this out got a raise! Love it! ♥️
“You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings”.
-Jane Goodall
I'm a 70 years young gentleman and have a good grasp on life and this posting
brought tears of joy.
I'm so grateful that someone saw the orangutan’s depression, but more so that they
did something about it.
I am not normally in favour of animals in captivity, but for the survival of endangered
ones, it the only way sometimes.
So happy to see animals happy with their life.
I hope other zoo's take notice and follow this zoo's innovated idea.
Orangutans are not monkeys, they are Great Apes. They do not have paws, they have hands. They are very complex, similar to us. I am glad that they finally have other company, I can imagine how lonely it would have been for them. Thank you for the vid.
That was bothering me, too
He was not trying to be disrespectful to them.
@@josephhodges9819 I didn't think he intentionally or fraudulently misrepresented the Orangutans. I was just providing the correct information that was missing from the video.
@@McKavian Agree
But then again we call humans some Great Apes that should be better left called apes.
Orangutans aren't monkeys and otters aren't felines. Quite a few people obviously need a crash course in Zoology 101, lol!
Seriously!!! So irritating!
Came to comments to say the same ... so frustrating.
People are so stupid. I hate it when women call me an animal.
How do people make such a big mistake..shows they know zero about apes and monkeys
Came here to say the same thing. Thanks!
I really needed this joyful story today! What a reward this must be for one very concerned zookeeper, who opened up their world! I hope it opens many eyes and hearts. THANK YOU for sharing this with the world.
Pets make us feel less alone, keep us entertained, and enhance our lives. There is no reason it should be any different for our bright "cousins" the orangutans. This cheered them up and me as well :) Well done Mathew!
If isolation had that effect on orangutans imagine the effect the lock downs have had people living alone.
Hay AMERICAN! ORANGUTANS are NOT monkey. Some people are.
Well… focus your efforts on your family
@@AI_Flight_Engineer what was the point of your comment?
@@hopehigh3224 well said ! I know the lockdown certainly had the same affect on me as it did the Orangutans ! Look at the statistics for suicide during the lockdown. I would say more, but this is not the place for it. I don’t want to tarnish the beauty of this video. Thank you for bringing this point up ! I wish the people running countries would have put as much thought into the effects of the lockdown as Matthew did for these wonderful creatures. All blessings to you !
Putting the Orangatans together with the otters was genius! Also putting other species together is a great idea. Animals are smarter than we give them credit for.
I think so too, loneliness can hit any creature.
What an excellent idea. Animals in the wild don't live in isolation from each other, though the unique circumstances of being in a zoo has allowed this interaction to blossom into mutual friendship. Well done to this innovative keeper👏
It‘s not totally unheard of:
In Hamburg at Hagenbecks Tierpark they have been doing it for years.
@@vully70 Yes. While wonderful, it's really nothing new.
@@toddbennett7157 often they place animals that also in nature live in the same type of environment. the odd thing is that they mixed animals that would never encounter the other in the wild.
Animals have feelings just like people do. They need interaction with others, be it people or animals. Loosing the interaction that they are used too can make them lonely and depressed. They need some kind of stimulus to keep them happy. What this zoo did was genius. They created an environment that helped many different animals. Well done!
I agree 💯.I think you covered it all well.
The zookeeper bought me a smart phone to keep me occupied.
Yup. Feelings ruclips.net/video/NmaOOMxz34w/видео.html
Agree 👍
Yes indeed!!!
Love this heartwarming story. Give this zookeeper a raise and a bonus!
This is among one of the most heartwarming stories I have heard! Intuitive, caring steps taken by the keeper, and which have made all the difference in the world to the orangutans (and the playful otters)! Just a lovely story, and a joy to watch x
There absolutely is something to be learned from them how they don’t care about how different they are, how it helped the orangutans mental health and how truly beautiful and amazing it is.
As the son of a university biology professor, I cringed every time he said 'monkey'. To miss-quote Foresy Gump 'I may not be a smart man, but I know what apes are'.
So did I-so dumb!
Yes, and if I remember correctly, orang-utans are not the closest species to humans, but chimpanzees are, then gorillas.
*misuqote
'monkey' in ordinary usage is a general term, he is not using it in the narrow sense as a scientific term
He also called their hands paws.
@@mareksicinski3726 it's still wrong. It's like calling a cat a dog, or a hamster a genua pig. Ape's are not Monkeys. Both are primates, but the inaccuracies totally took away from the video.
This is what humankind should be focused to : being worldwide gardeners and foresters. Carring about plants life and animals wellness. The reward is so much better than what we are working for. Thank you this video brightened my day !
the point is to not care about them at all. Just leave them alone and they will care of themselves.
Yup, that's the whole reaosn why we have opposable thumbs...To help them....instead we hurt them.
My husband and I discuss this almost daily! We have a great responsibility to our Earth and her inhabitants, animal, plant and human! Our Earth will provide everything we need if we are wise enough to not destroy it! I truly believe that we will forever regret the destruction of our rainforests and the Amazon, we need to stop now! We have made great progress in replanting some of our forests, we need to continue while we continue to make sure we lose no more animals or plants to extinction. ❤
Zookeeper Matthew has certainly earned his pay. Hopefully he got a raise just for being this brilliant!
Matthew deserves an award, plain and simple.
I think that his pay is dependent of the profit the Zoo gets.
Bruh why does he never say which zoo it is or where it’s at?
Like bruh u have all this info you know the zoo workers name and all that but can’t give us the name of the zoo or where it’s at
@@danielmontoya6664 they did in the video. 0:50 around they said it was in the Pairidaiza zoo just South West of Brussels
Zookeepers like this are special people who are truly invested in the animals welfare. Not only did it help the orangutans and otters, the new idea has helped others as well. People can absolutely take a lesson from this. Thank you for posting this!
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Matthew’s idea was genius! He had faith in the animals being friendly!
animals is one of the precious gift of mother nature. totally agreed with you, this zookeeper is absolutely for keeps. he has a great heart for beautiful beings.
Well said Diedra - I hope that this idea can be more widely used in other zoos around the world. And your comment about lessons for us humans - so very true x
They really earn terrible! Like Owners of such Zoos use the Animal love of People to get them make this job under bad conditions.
We are still far from knowning how much smart and sensitive animals really are.
Otters were the perfect pick! They are so fun to watch for everyone! Sure glad moods were lifted and friendships created! That is one smart zoo administrator!
I have 3 cats. They keep me sane. Having weird little creatures sharing my living space is entertaining and comforting. We have nothing in common but mutual existence and it works well. They do cat stuff, I do human stuff, everyone's happy.
So heartwarming to see the care and concern the zookeepers gave these animals and the ingenious solution to the problem
The solution to the problem would be to get the orangutans out of cages and set them free.
Zoos should be banned.
@@pixelarcher A lot of species, like orangutans, are kept in zoos because they need that to continue to exist.
Humans have destroyed their natural habitat, so we breed them in captivity hoping that one day all captive animals will find a safe living space in the wild.
The ideal would be to have sufficiently large nature reserves, but for political or financial reasons this is generally not possible.
Zoos raise money to care for animals, and make the public care about their welfare.
On the other hand, we must boycott parks like Marineland which imprison marine animals such as killer whales in small basins when they need to swim hundreds of kilometres.
@@RaphaelM-MG alot is no true. Zoos save hardly any species and hardly ever are they reintegrated into the wild. There are no pro arguments for Zoos they all have been debunked. Zoos even take out animals from the wild and put them in the Zoo.
@@lamasbelladelmundo impossible, they would die in the wild
This is truly amazing. I have seen viedos of otters in peoples homes, making friends with different species, But never as cute as this.
Everyone needs something outside themselves to make life interesting. Well done guys!
Very well said.
Yeah, nature.
I always thought I would be fine with my own company forever, as long as I had my stuff to work with (making my music and writing). but there are even limits to the most crazy homebodies of us, it seems.
I casually slipped into just not talking or doing anything with anyone for a long while and became quite literally insane. It's like your balance and reward centers get out of wack.
... started constantly stuffing my face with extremely unhealthy foods such as icing, sticks of butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract all mixed and put in warm soft wheat tortillas for every meal... laying down in bed all day watching Star Trek... getting pissed, cursing to myself out loud when I had to do tiny things likie brush my teeth or go to the grocery... my muscles just melted away and I started to look like Gollum.
things can just get weird when you're in a hole alone for a while i guess.
@@luceatlux7087 Yeah, although I'm very much a loner type and not very social, during lockdowns I went for over a year with very little human interaction and it did take a big psychological toll.
@@luceatlux7087 how long did this last or take to happen? people tell me what a lazy rotten hateful vindictive....person I am. Usually after asking them... remember that money 💰 you owe me for fixing your roof last winter. What's the worst part? Letting someone else treat you like that causing withdrawal or doing it to yourself? Don't take that crap from nobody, remember you count too in more ways than one. Maybe even try telling jokes instead of vulgarity those lines are easily crossed, then work up to kid classics, why'd the chicken cross the road 🛣️? How the 🐔 cluck should I know. 🤧not funny? You got to this point a few angles at a time find reverse the trip back could be half as far you already know where it's at.
Please, not the old Startrek, "Crap-tan" Kirk is a dweeb. Spock (even as a green cadet) would've done ✅ a better job, only taking leave every 13 years, not stealing all the women and killin-off every red shirt lackey on the landing 🛬 🔥 party. Spock (pointy🌽🌽 💚 sorry 😐 new toy) he'd grab a neck 🧣 set ya in a corner giving away timeouts for the rest of the show.
Meant to cheer you up what's your best kid joke?
The company of another living thing, just goes to show it doesn't need to be the same animal (within reason), just a physical/emotional connection that is truly being craved and given freely. A wonderful, life-saving, idea by the Zookeeper.❣🌹
I love my dog and she loves me. So yeah it happens.
Yes I love that these species were introduced and they immediately found a stimulating time as friends and thrived together.
Such a shame the voice doesn't know how to pronounce the word Orangutan, and that they are not monkeys. Monkeys have tails. Orangutans are apes.
@Pretty Puppy 🐶 Thank you. Very true, something we all need if we would only admit it.🌹🙂
Yeagh my roachs
Social life is equally important to human beings also. The elderly should also be kept engaged in the interests of their mental.health.
I'd prefer otters to humans myself
Male orangutans are solitary most of the time
There's a video of an elderly man who made friends with a fox during the pandemic.
Elderly in facilities are already form very close attachments to staff, and likewise. We become a substitute family. We were there for them during the COVID struggle. They saw how hard and shirt staffed we worked, but we still comforted them anyway we could. As soon as possible we had family visits through patio fences, throw plexiglass, then together with masks.
As our governments lock us down knowing a social life is important for our health, think about it.
We need more people like Mathew. Thank-you for showing these amazing souls such care and devotion, the Arangutans were obviously suffering through being lonely and now look so well as they play with their Otter friends. X
It’s a fictional story.
What a wonderful story of friendship to see. I’m just glad the Orang-utans have found friends through this pandemic. I could imagine their how they felt. I lost my mum in March this year, my heart breaks every day, I really miss her. Being alone is no fun.
So sorry for your loss, completely understand, it hasn’t been long for you to be without her. Do you have friends? Pandemic doesn’t help matters. Other family members? Your pain will change, cherish the good memories.
@@yvellebradley2502 Thank you, in one way I’m glad she is at peace. My mum had bowel cancer & chemo, then twenty years later suffered with bladder cancer & shingles + mum had a Urinary Tract infection, I didn’t know; if gone undetected can affect your heart & brain. Mum’s went to her brain. So now she is at peace. It will always hurt, sometimes more than other times. My friends & family do support me, but as they say, “you can have a hundred people around you & still feel alone”. It’s just hard knowing both our parents are dead. I will always miss them. Thank you for your kind words.
@@jenninehill5694 Very sorry for your loss. I hope you find someone or something to keep you company, like you said, being alone is no fun. Take care
@@TheTeoras1 Thank you Teo, very kind of you.
So sorry for your loss.
Sometimes pets can fill a void that no one else can.
Evidence even supports how pets can help relieve trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, loneliness, pain and high BP.
The world is full of people and animals looking for each other.
I hope you find peace.
nothing makes me feel more happy and puts a smile on my face than watching animals interacting and playing with each other-thats my fix for the day!!
Another key difference to note between the orangutans' interactions with the otters vs. human park visitors, is that they're able to actually touch and play with their new friends, rather than being separated by glass, only able to look.
I love how the young'ins run off to play, while the "adults" chat, just like humans often do!
I agree, unfortunately you can't trust humans to play nice with anything.
Orangutans are very, very social animals and need a community. They are not meant to be kept in the isolation of zoos. Im so sad about captive animals. Especially those who are healthy enough to thrive in the wild but were captured very young and cant be released because they adapted to captivity. I mean its understandable if the animals have health concerns that prevent their release, but most zoos have very unethical practices pf buying young animals that otherwise could've been rehabilitated and released.
@@stass2933 Don't be sad about captive animals because they are safer with humans. Animals are hunted in the wild and forests are becoming few. So where would they go? They are safe with us.
@@Simplythetruthfulone: If wild animals are kept in captivity then they should have plenty of land to move around on, and not be used to do tricks in a circus. Many lions, tigers and beers have been abused by circus ppl, and it's wrong to do that to a wild animal. I've seen videos of circus ppl putting wild animals like a bear or lion in small cages for years on end and that's Animal abuse, and it's why we have rescuers take them away from circus ppl and put them on wild life reservations. And often times these wild animals need dental work done on their teeth because the circus ppl neglected them, and it hurts them to eat food.
@@Simplythetruthfulone Agreed. But be sad about loss of habitat and hunting for 'bushmeat'. But also be wary of imposing 2020s rich (despite current economic tensions) western societies values on more close to the edge of surviving cultures. A difficult one, especially as we westerners got rich by being carefree about the planet and other animals
Wonderful Video! Thank you for making me smile!🥰
Sorry but your information is incorrect…. Those otters were there long before the pandemic and has nothing to do with loneliness. Pairi Daiza is a very animal friendly zoo where they have a lot of space and distraction. The zoo is not even open all year around just to protect the animals from too much stress. They were never bored…. Let alone dying from loneliness. This zoo invests a lot into the welfare for the animals.
Do you run this zoo?
@@ginasalinas7892 yes 🤦🏻♂️
Haha burn this vid 😂
Cute pics of orangutan 🦧
You should come and have a visit and you’ll see with your own eyes. This video is fake… go to the website of pairi daiza and you’ll see how much effort they do to save these animals. There natural habitats get destroyed for the palm industry so you can wash your hair! So don’t judge….
@@sammymcfone8281 But it’s true… some parts of this video is not even in pairi daiza…
This just touched my whole heart!! What a wonderful idea ... humans could learn so much from animals ... I hope more of these enclosures can become home to more than just one ... thank you for saving these wonderful babies!!!
Humans literally invented the idea of pets, what can we learn exactly?
Before domestication was probably co-habitation in the animal kingdom, where animals sees one another as necessity for security, shelter, or food source (indirectly).
For instance burrows made by moles and such animals may be used as shelter by other small animals. Small animals may seek security from larger animals that does not prey on them (like Rhinos and Birds or Rabbits).
Another video showing otters and monkeys getting along
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You mean learn from other animals, we have the same DNA as all life on earth.We have 50% of the DNA of an Oak tree.
@@FelixMorazanorangutans are not monkeys but APES. There's a difference between the two. See.. learn something new every day!
This is so adorable. Personalities everywhere.
Love that this worked so well.
Sometimes you just need a friend💜
This is such a heartwarming story. Otters are very mischievous. In Scotland we have many, and yes they are very personable lil fellas.
Thanks for putting this up. It made my day.
I am glad to hear there are otters in Scotland. Just that alone, evokes a marvellous land of fresh pristine river and sonorous water flow and running playing otters. What a gift to have nature that is alive and well.
Animals are interactive creatures as well, so it's certainly a great idea to let animals who are friendly with each other (not threats to one or the other) to have more interaction! Kudos to the zoo keepers!
This is amazing! It’s so sad when loneliness or depression sets in for humans or animals. 🥲 The zookeeper saved the day! Beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Humans ARE animals. Get it right!
Zookeepers are who stole them from their habitat and made them depressed. Basically the otters are nothing more than a Nintendo game console for the orangutan.
@@1neAdam12 If you say so.
I’m glad that the zoo keeper was inventive with solving the depressed orangutans… brilliant❤️
Thanks for sharing this!!!
I appreciate you 😁
This is a beautiful story. It’s wonderful to see the caring of the zookeepers.
It is terrible. There is no right way to do a wrong thing. Animals should be in their natural environment - not in enclosures.
whatever makes you feel better about zoos but you know deep down they are there purely for the entertainment of humans. Yes they care but only to a point and only whilst profitable.
This is the most positive event in animal captivity that I have heard of so far! I’m so impressed❤️🧡💜💚💛🤍💙🤎❣️✨
This just proves that we're all here to make connection and to love eachother.
@Ok max or my right hand
Beautiful comment ❤ 💙 💜 💖
Blood brothers
Predators and Omnivores make connections also. Just go hug a Shark, Grizzly Bear, Lion, Tiger or Crocodile the next time you see one to get that "connection & Love" in you desire. Lofl Hell you can always go hug some herbivores like Orangutans, Apes, Rhinos or Elephants for that connective love as well. Seemed to work out for Timothy Treadwell. 😂
Yea except for all the wars and genocides xD
I can't help but feel very sorry for captured animals. I'm glad that these two groups have given each other some company.
theyre typically "captured" because theyre injured in a way where they are going to die. so they save them, but then they cant be released back into the wild and survive on their own. At least thats how ethical zoos work.
they are not 'captured', probably conservation zoo bred in order to keep certain species from going extinct by ruthless humans in their home countries. The old concept of 'zoos' is a thing of the past. Its now all about conservation. There are still some people who have had the old concepts indoctrinated into them at school etc.
Glad they had each other's company to entertain each other and make them all happy! It's a beautiful thing.
You repeatedly refer to orangutans as "monkeys." They are not monkeys, they are apes. There's a difference.
thank you not monkeys they are apes
Chimpanze?
The Librarian (Discworld) would like a word with them.
And he was saying Orangutangs instead of Orangutans.
to me apes are a subset of monkeys, like humans are a subset of apes, they all are subsets of primates
(but I think in Dutch)
These beautiful creatures deserve so much better than what humans have given. I could watch them all day long and never get bored. They are absolutely magical!
“Thumbs Up” for the animal keeper ... he did a wonderful job ...
I love the friendliness between the Otters and Orangutans, it just seems so natural, its just beautiful to see.
Chimpanzee would probably eat the otters a.s first like they do with other animals.
Both species are ridiculously intelligent.
Good to know that there are people who have the ability to come up with ideas to enhance and perpetuate the species. This may even work with other animal groups.
Thay are not monkeys monkeys have tails apes don't orangutans have 97 percent humans DNA monkeys don't big difference
@@nergystar524 lemur, loris, and tarsiers are all apes with tails. As such it is not the primary difference, the true difference is the ancestry of a species.
I am intrigued by it. I want them to try it with the other great apes. Clearly, something similar to what makes us have a propensity for keeping pets is part of their make up too. This has emotional support animal written all over it. I want to see if gorillas would get along with other animals like this too. Coco had a cat. I would hesitate with chimps though. They’re so aggressive bonobos maybe. And definitely Gibbons.
@@erickchristensen746 you are incorrect. Lemurs and lorusses are prosimians. They are absolutely not apes with tails.
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Quote:
“Lemurs are primates, an order that includes monkeys, apes and humans. Lemurs are prosimians. Other prosimians include galgoes (bushbabies) found in Africa, lorises found in Asia, and tarsiers found in Borneo and the Philippines.
It is both, animals have more then just one thing classifying them.
They are of the “Order” Primate
Love & friendship comes in all forms!! Bless that zookeeper!!
The main problem with keeping animals in zoos is mental stimulation, keeping them from being bored and in the case of more intelligent animals like apes & elephants providing fun is so important. The keepers here have created an interesting & fun environment for the animals to ENJOY.
Why keep them in a zoom though, they must be taken back to their natural habitat.
@@TafaraBwerinofa Without zoos many animals would be extinct. Ideally, yes no zoos and all animals in the wild, safe & free. If you think that is possible I bet you believe in world peace too. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Best we can hope for are zoos that carry out serious research in animals conservation and treat the animals in their care well.
@@MrTallpoppy58 Well you have a point, just that zoo's serve two purposes, conservation role and making money (tourism). Where do we draw the line and be honest about it?
We can trust zoos yes, but I am more in support of game parks, at least animals have the freedom to roam about in their natural habitat. Tourism still exists but animals are not in cages.
@@TafaraBwerinofa No money, no research. Game parks are few and far between. I would think zoos play a far greater role in conservation then game reserves. Very few tourist can see and hence pay to see animals in a game reserve, unless you are a millionaire. The worlds is not perfect.
@@TafaraBwerinofa The world has become a lot better for those animals that still survive. I have seen some disgraceful zoos but less and less now, thankfully. Have you ever seen Australia (Park) Zoo in Queensland. The enclosures are massive and you really need to be fit to walk it. Its why they have a train system. The enclosures are wonderfully designed, not as good as nature but close and nature does not have a medical plan.
I appreciate that you got straight to the point and didn't repeat yourself for 5 minutes like so many other similar channels where they have a good point but it repeats on a loop and finally makes the point. I'll watch more of this channel if all your stories are like this. Nice job 👍🏾
@glasshousefuture, I totally agree with you! The narrators of most other channels don't get to the point of the actual story. There is too much blah blah blah in order to get more minutes in.
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WEF has 'ASSumed' control .
So now we know how jolly old Satan Klaus knows if you been naughty or nice --- and how he knows how to push all the right buttons to get folks to do his dirty bidding.
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'Woke' is a bad joke.
The 'Left's' best selling points used to be Compassion and Liberty . Something must be clogging our compassion . and we do know now WHO is retarding our liberties. 🔎 Who is WHO ? in any Legitimate SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT there has to be a CONTROL GROUP ---
Guess the control-group in this case (of corona) must be them greedy-sadistic control-freak AUTHORITARIAN Billionaire$ $ponsoring the BLIND OBEDIENCE to authority tests.
Check out Stanley Milgram's 'Blind Obedience to Assumed Authority' Experiments :
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where unsuspecting test subjects were paid $100 by an actor in a Lab Coat to deliver electric shocks to actors if they did not answer questions correctly. 80% overlooked the fact that the actors were screaming and pleading for their lives,
and still went through with the test untill there was only silence from the pressumed dead actor.
Only a few refused to continue --- and very few actually attacked the sadistic scientists for being so sick and evil.
i guess them evil masterminds figure us humanoid life forms are too schmuck to resist --- no wonder they act so blatantly high and mighty.
Time to remove the fraternity of greedy-sadistic pig-raping motherfrackers from thee equation entirely...
Hold fast and stay vigilant --- and
Goddesspeed yawl ...
People who allready have compromised immune systems are even more likely to have adverse reactions to both 5G oppression technology and the quick 'fix' injections. TOXIC chemicals and (greedy-sadistic logic) are what compromized our immune systems in the first place.
What the 'Whax' does is 'COMPROMISE' our natural immune systems further.
Natural immunity is REFUSING to compromise with devils hellbent on TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION.
Let's Not let ANYTHING Compromize our most cherished earthly divine inspired principals.
Purity of intention is the primary most vital virtue.
Then Peace.
To all yawl sworn to serve and protect --- Don't worry about compromising them 'covert operations' to hijack humanity' .
(COMPROMISED INTEGRITY is basically the grave sin of bending over to please greedy-sadistic authoritarian assholes)
And no matter what they say --- Conforming to evil is in no way just being practical.
Viruses are the way our bodies remove harmful toxins from our cells naturally . become the virally spread natural immunity that wipes out corruption !
if you think the wages for deliberately schmucking the whole (istic) world into going to war against everything pure and natural and good are astronomically enormous --- yer darn friggin right --- but you definitely got another thing coming . the wages of sin (that grave) is worse than death.
They who diggeth thee pit deserve to barbeque themselves in it . . .
(it's up to them to confess and be 'Saved'. . .)
So hold fast and stay vigilant. (with intermittent fasting from the compromised food and information supply)
Goddesspeed yawl !
Reguardless of impeding negative public perception --- them perpe-traitors of crimes against humanity and nature best get removed from thee equation by any means necessary BEFORE any more diabolically retarded damnage is done. Those cowardly sleepwalking zombies who still support our corporate cattlerancher's power structure --- deserve a RUDE awakening for thinking conforming to evil is just being practical...
Simply Obeying judicially corrupt orders makes you more than just an accessory to genocide and worse .
Blissful ignorance is certainly no excuse at this point .
The poi-zionist polluted mainstream media narrative IS the big bad joke --- and when the proverbial shit hits the fan --- the genetically molested zombies seeking revenge are gonna go right for the 'expert' celebutards and authortarians that sold humanity out first ---
So let them laugh while they still can ...
i haven't laughed this hard in a long time !
Do the friggin right thing yawl --- thank you G-Zeus !
Wonderbot takes so long to say one point then repeat it.
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I can't watch that channel - so much waffle before they get to the point.
My goodness, it sure looks like a success for all! I hope that this trend builds up the connections so deeply missed and that it's a wonderful example. Thank you for sharing this!
The San Diego Zoo has orangutans and siamangs in the same enclosure as they share the same habitat in the wild. Their interactions are heartwarming and very funny most of the time. Siamangs can be rather naughty toward the orangutans and it's always fun to see what they get up to.
Matthew thank you for going above and beyond to help these wonderful animals. The world needs more of you.
Its so amazing that they understand, the otters are so much smaller then them, & they are so gentle with them!! Such beautiful intelligent creatures!!
Having ferrets, which are in the same family as otters, they are the most inquisitive little creatures I have ever encountered. They are extremely social and I think more curious than cats. I have to guess that otters are very similar with their social skills and quirky curious minds. What a great idea! Brought joy to all of their lives. I love the thought of the otters being able to swim from their enclosure to the orangutans. You can get even more creative with it. The more they can explore the happier they will be. My ferrets are free range. The thought of caging them would be like keeping a cat in a cage. It would break their little souls.
i miss my ferret Pest he was buddy! before he died got real sick turned yellow then got healthy again about 4 months later he passed away...then there was baja my albino one i got from friends mom... she loved being held and sitting on laps
&LeRoy Poleschuk wow u had a cuddly girl! None of my girls are cuddly. My boys on the other hand are big fat loves. Do u not get more bc of all the illnesses they get?
Hello everyone...I subscribe to several Otter channels on RUclips. They were very interesting and entertaining. I can imagine they were a good addition to the Primate exhibit.
This was a great idea! Seeing the orangutans and otters hanging out and playing together was adorable and heartwarming.
It’s great the Care-Taker/Psychologist is paying attention and looking out for these guys. It’s good work Sir.
Great story and I hope other Zoo’s are paying attention.
Great work ? He calls them monkeys???
@@terryduncan2432 the congratulations are for work rendered, introducing creative solutions and limit lol ess possibilities to an ever more important global shortage...happiness😁 go find some!
Quit monkey🐒 ing around or I'll tail on you, ya big apex/tree-mist. ei(the result of a tall dog)ei-oh oar...clarification available upon equestrian 🐎🐎🐎..
Doth naught pay mind to those scurvy few whom doubt 🧐 your praise
Animals need company too. Koko , the famous Gorilla who learnt sign language, asked her keepers for a kitten. They obliged.😁👏
Well done Sherlock Holmes. Have you only just found this 10 year old information out. Honestly sometimes it’s best to keep quite in these videos and people what watch them. As 99% of them will know. Save the embarrassment young-an.
The first, famous kitten of KOKO’s, she named “All-Ball”, bc the kitten was a Manx mix, a rumpy. She was quite happy with A-B, an I don’t blame her a bit!
@@joeburrows6 Wow how tone deaf considering that in the 10 years since then other scientists have found the study flawed and to say koko ever learned sign language is stretching the truth. The real moral here, Our understanding of knowledge often develops overtime and there is nothing wrong with that.
@@joeburrows6 No. I chose to use it as a
( famous) example. I'm allowed to comment, have an opinion, have input and use references of any age or relevance I choose. The tone of your comment is very angry & bitter. That says more about you than it does about me . Dimming someone else's light doesn't make yours shine brighter. And I'm not young. I have a degree in psychology & work in mental health, so the tone of your comment was...interesting.
@@Sir.InfinityTGK watch Koko talk with Robin Williams, the late comic/actor. Also watch the YT clip where a Zoo visitor offers a banana to a Gorilla ( from behind the barrier) . The Gorilla points to a keeper (off screen) & shakes his head!
Everytime this dude said “monkey”, it annoyed me more than it should have 🤣😂 haha ahhhhhhhhh but right on with the hairy friendships!
I cringed every time he said “monkey,” but it didn’t keep me from enjoying the story.
@@erickpoorbaugh6728 maybe his language origin is from a non english country. Im german and monkey and ape both translate to "Affe" so we make no difference there and call both the same. There is another word "Menschenaffe" wich literally means humanmonkey and/or humanape, but this is rarely used by anyone. Most just say "Affe" to any ape and monkey that isnt a Gorilla.
same... i began furiously typing but then just....meh
I get you, but the great apes incl. humans, old world and new world monkeys; are all monkeys.
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I watched a programme recently about The Tower of London, and they said the Ravens missed the visitors during the pandemic, and were bored.
Shame more people aren't like this man, he deserves a medal.
What a beautiful story! That someone thought about these animals and then found a way to help them! I love how the orangutans and humans compared emotionally. Lonliness kills
I dunno man, but orangutan are solitary animal. So i think loneliness not to be an issue to this animal
Another video showing otters and monkeys getting along
ruclips.net/video/2_ss1NqzjxI/видео.html
Awesome idea to treat the sadness/ depression of the orangutans. Thumbs up to the zoo caretakers. It happened with many stray animals, like dogs 🐕 during the lockdown, when humans were out of their sight. Thank God that things are changing 🙏 towards better .
Possibly the most heart warming video I've seen in many months. I needed this positivity.
No living creature should suffer loneliness. Everything deserves love, touch, and joy. ❤
I love the story and how the Orangutangs were helped out of lonliness....by making friends with the otters...I am glad!
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this story made me teary. Matthew is amazing. his love and care for these animal is incredible. Good job Matthew ❤️❤️
Otters are very friendly - I personally watched them play tag at an Indiana, USA zoo with a 5 year old boy. He was running alongside the aquarium glass wall, switching directions as fast as he could, while the otters swam underwater inside the glass aquarium, matching his speed and direction with ease. Every time he switched direction to try to lose his "tail" and the otter instantly flipped over and reversed direction too, the boy would shout with glee.
I also knew a native american Ojibwe medicine woman & grandmother, who tells of playing with a wild otter family as a very young girl. She was watching the otters play on a mud slide into the creek, and it looked like such fun that the girl could not resist taking a turn on the mudslide herself. This startled the whole otter family, but the adults came and circled her swimming and sniffing her while she froze, and eventually they touched her showing trust and friendship. The girl began visiting the otters daily, sharing her lunch with them. One day she had the bright idea to invite the otters to come and visit her home for a tea party, and she enticed the whole otter family to follow her home, where she fed them bits of cooked fish on her tiny tea party saucers at a short tree stump/ table just their size. A great time was had by all, and her parents were amazed, because when she previously told them about her adventures with the otters, they thought she just had vivid imaginary friends. The human family moved away shortly afterward, as it was time for the young girl to go to school and there wasn't one nearby.
This was not the first time Grandmother made friends with local wildlife; she got her childhood name "walks with bears" when she was just beginning to walk; a bear family stopped by the wilderness clearing where her family lived, and the cubs played with her, and she was steadying herself while walking by gripping the bear cub's coats as they walked beside her under mama bear's watchful eyes. When Grandmother's mama saw this, it scared her half to death; she feared what a normally over-protective mama bear could do to her bold daughter gripping the cubs, but the mama bear was very patient and caring to this tiny, hairless cub of a different species. The bears left after the grown humans showed up.
Otters can be killers
Animals, including dangerous ones, appear to be very protective of the young of any species, there are so many stories.
Great story
Otters BITE for fun. Goodbye toes.
@@coryburns9161 Otters ARE killers!
Absolutely beautiful & exceptionally brilliant strategy!
Just beautiful I wish people would be as kind to each other the same way these animals get along so beautifully
how do you think this is good? they stole the from freedom and locked them in a cage .... all for them to make $$$ this is sad....
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Lol, precisely.
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@@reesecarr2105 Many zoo animals today were never free. Some were, technically speaking, but were rescued from a certain death in the wilderness or from poachers/smugglers' hands and relocated into a zoo. Great many of the animals would be unable to survive in the wilds anymore, many would have no suitable environment left to return to. Orangutans, like all the great apes, are suffering from habitat loss.
While I agree on especially many mammals and birds, with their more developed brains (compared to snakes, lizards, insects, and such), suffering from living in captivity, and thus I see zoos as sad places, the individual animals in them often have no better alternatives whatsoever. That's why it's essential to try to make the zoos internally better places. Unfortunately zoos aren't financial gold mines, so developing them is economically difficult.
@@herrakaarme they were kidnapped. and they were sold. if they really wanted to help they would be in a sanctuary
Outstanding idea! What an amazing story. Loved how each animal had their own personality. The Orangutang looked like he was teaching the otters.
In my hometown in a small zoo, a lonely orangutan was given a kitten. It was love at first sight. His keeper write a childrens book about the friendship.
Epic , I know its a saying ... However i can feel an unusual warmth in my heart . Never imagined this was a literal feeling . Thanks for posting this .
The Zookeepers are wonderful! They observed the behaviour of the Orangutan 's and handled it. So great!!!
That was a genius move by the keeper. Absolutely wonderful story and outcome, thank you.
I love this story❣️ It interesting, but makes sense, that orangutans are animal lovers like us. Thank you for taking the chance that all these precious creatures would benefit from your idea! It warms my heart♥️
Yes, as you say, most intelligent and caring humans regard their "pets" as friends, and "play" is also fun for those taking part. I'm so glad the otters and Orangutans found new friends.
IT IS GREAT! ILOVE IT! THANK YOU!
Wonderful so sweet we need people and animals need friends ty
If any one interested to know. The names Hujan means rain, Sari means Juice and Berani means Brave in Malaysian Language. Be blessed.
Thanks that's interesting
also in Indonesian?
Are you Billie?
Neato information. Thanks!
Sari is closer to essence in Indonesia, dunno for malaysia.
I find it strange that different species were "discovered" to be able to live and play together. Anyone that has ever had a farm or ranch knows this. I have dogs playing with goats. When we had cows, the goats would often come to them and play and they would try to headbutt each other. We would give cracked corn in a 50 gallon barrel that had been cut in half length-wise so they would come when we called them. One of the goats got smart and she would lie in the barrel and eat to her heart's content. The cows would try to get her out with their horns but could not as she laid real low. The cows would start bellowing their displeasure. :D The cows would even play with our dogs. And of course, many of them wanted to be with us or play with us. Elsie, one of cows, would run over to my wife for her to scratch her neck. Some of the goats would jump on us. Many of the animals wanted little "snacks" that we had for them and would try to sniff our pockets and nudge us for them.
what a very funny story, isn't it so cute to live in this farm?!
When I used to help out at the stable when I was a kid, we also had a few cows, maybe 20 head tops. They learnt to recognise my hi vis, because I always had a few scraps in my pocket. Of course, that meant that when someone else borrowed the jacket, the cows harassed them too 😁
They probably just made the video for people that don't know better. This guy doesn't even pronounce their name correctly so he's not so smart.
Nice story!!!
did those animals get sent to slaughter?
I am an animal lover to begin with but the Orangutan is up in my top 5 and has been for decades. There was, at one time (He is probably "gone" by now) an Orangutan at the Milwaukee Zoo that LOVED to interact with the visitors MUCH more than others. He would "preform" by doing rolls, jumping on the tire swing and just act like a clown, periodically stopping to laugh boisterously and applaud himself. He would do this for a few minutes then he would end the performance with his signature move. There were a few different ways he would do it, but my favorite was he would turn his back to the glass, bend over and look at the people them laugh in that position while he flipped you off! EVERYONE would just die laughing which made him even happier!!
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Incredible story! Massive kudos to Matthew for thinking of it and to the zoo for approving the project!!
What a brilliant thing to do. I am so pleased to hear how happy the otter visitors made the Orangutans, even though it was really a 2 way friendship.
It's just shows how important relationships are so important for well being whether it's between the same species or interspecies.
A very heart warming story . Thank you for sharing this on you tube .
Especially when so much negative stuff is reported , it's great to see something so happy and joyful .❤
This is 100% a made up story, I know a lot of people that work at this zoo.
I appreciate the analogy, but where do orangutans meet otters in orangutan environments only in a zoo. Love the outcome. Probably should be repeated: we don’t eat each other, we’re good.
Next, the ecosystem where we eat each other!!!! Oh, shit, the nature we’re disrupting!! Zooers are full of 💩
During the pandemic we were all experiencing loneness and its true that animals will also feel lonely... I love this , it was awesome that Matthew found away to make them happy and feel loved. Thank u so much for this video it made my heart so happy. ❤
This is my favorite kind of story, love developing between two different species. I think it happens a lot more than we realize, but it shows how animals aren't all instinct, how they have big beating hearts just like us.
Spectacular idea! Please share the interactions with the other animals!
This story reminds me of my last bullmastiff. She was a very gentle girl, wouldn’t even defend herself. When we had horses visit our property in Connecticut she happily trotted towards them. Turkeys were the only creatures she didn’t try making friends with but then again it was because she didn’t know what to make of them. Also our eldest current dog used to howl alongside the coyotes at night. It was really creepy because we could hear they were close to the property. We don’t live anywhere near coyotes currently so we don’t get those nighttime howling serenades.
Mixed species exhibits are fairly common in zoological facilities. It informs visitors about a given species natural range/distribution and helps people envision actual biosystems, while providing much needed diversion for captive creatures. It's called "behavioral enrichment".
Matthew, the zookeeper is Brilliant & deserves a giant raise in salary!! What a Wonderfully ingenious idea to introduce these two comical species together & let the fun & mischief begin! Thank for sharing this heartwarmingly touching video to raise our spirits during these uncertain times during the pandemic; much appreciation!!!🥰🥰🥰
You gotta respect that zookeeper. He really understands his animals. They're lucky to have someone who cares so much.
its not that hard to find out that wild animals live next to each other in wild.. Only man tends to seperate them to protect their investment
Almost nothing in this video is true. Some of the photos aren’t even from this zoo. Stop watching videos that start by calling a great ape a monkey.
Animals are smarter then people. I worked with Baboons, marmosets, Rhesus, etc.... University of Miami ran test. Nothing bad. Baboons cage, rest were like 5 blocks with everything. Not a zoo. Merck pharmaceutical
Owned Rhesus. It was my
Passion 13 yrs 7dys wk
I could sit down with them, hand feed alpha 1st, 2nd rank, etc... I was alpha but we had a beautiful bond, trust. I literally spoiled them with veggies, peanuts, Crack corn, sunflower seeds. Their smarter then people. God creations. 🥰🙏❤️
Poor Orangutans lost their forests because of Humans......From South America to a Cage!
No respect is deserved for Zoo keepers. Especially when Animals are Fit for Survival in the Wild
He's a zoologist, not a zookeeper.
This makes me so happy! I never considered how the pandemic affected zoo animals. I love the idea! well done!
"The zookeeper decided to try the idea with penguins and seals."
Uh...correct me if I'm wrong but going from most of the nature documentaries I've seen, those two tend to not mix well.
Leopard seals eat penguins, the fat cuddly ones do not. Leopard seals are fucking scary.
Yea they get raped by seals
@@TheNeeyang In both literal and non literal form.
What?? The penguins???
Lol, yeah, but the difference here is there is no need for the seals to eat the penguins.
That is so amazing what a beautiful story. I wish all humans could find such joy, friendship and love. Thank you for sharing this and please do more updates!
So sensitive and wondrous this person who thought of this,the different species so welcoming of each other! Magnificent. Now if we can just get some humans as decent and sensitive to heal the warring factors of our human family and stop pitting one identity against another, it will save humanity. This is blessed and beautiful, thank you.
Actually it's been happening for a while, in some zoos the gorillas share their enclosures with macaques or even meerkats.
@@deadsmoke198 Gorillas are sweethearts.
Maybe not having them in a zoo, to begin with, would be sensitive. Making them a prisoner is cruel and only should be done when living in the wild is not possible. Those who attend zoos are to blame for the pain of a lot of animals.
@@georgeedward602 Do you understand that most zoo animals are not able to live in the wild either due to debilitating injury or being raised in captivity but don't be upset because the money that the zoo's make when people come to view the animals goes directly to funding the species preservation so zoos are good for the species as a whole
Great Video
It's "AWESOME" to see these two types of animals playing and socializing together
Check out the Ravens and wolves in Yellow stone, they are starting to work together.
@@tanith117 Thanks
Baby Orangutan: "Can we get a cat?"
Adult Orangutan: "ask your father"
Baby Orangutan: "PUPPIES!!!"
LOL!!!
I'm sorry, did you just call those orangutans "huge monkeys"? LMAO bruh...
I know, thats an insult to George Floyd.
@@1neAdam12 my sides got to the orbit m8.
😂😁
@Szajer Really? Comparing a dead black man to an animal for fun and giggles? Your are gross.
And laughing about it....
@@1neAdam12 Wow you have no soul.
@@sonnenblume6474
He was a criminal who hurt people.
Good riddance to old rubbish.
I think that is so beautiful. Animals are way more caring, very smart and most of all alot more loving and forgiveness than humans are. God bless our animals.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Makes sense, a huge amount of a free animals time would be observing other animals. I would rather they be free but this is a forward thinking step for zoos.
A zoo is actually pure heaven for nearly all animals. The only exceptions are predators which need to roam (wolves, orcas, eagles, etc).
Wild animals are forced to live in a constant state of stress and a literal type of hell.
@@goprojoe7449 Have you done any quarantine lately. I would imagine a zoo becomes incredibly boring after a while for most animals.
@@ferret1303
Have you been hunted by someone to eat you lately ?
I'm sure after a couple of weeks, you'd want to live in a secured place with free food.
@@Great-Dao-of-Elegance you obviously aren’t to bright when you wrote only exception are predators which need to roam, don’t you think all the herbivores like to roam and graze on different grass, giraffes, rhinos, elephants I’m sure they like to roam. Sure some animals probably suffer from some anxiety, but none of them get mental health issues there designed for it. They do get mental health issues when they live in a zoo though.
@@ferret1303
Oh no, someone's attacking my intelligence. I better come up with a great rebuttal for that.
Except all of that reply is based on assumptions and confirmation biases.
It's so cool to see such different animals helping each other - even like this. What started as an experiment worked out great for both and I'm happy the orangutans spirits lifted! ❤️🙏❤️
It only seems unnatural to us, because we humans feel as though everything needs to be packaged in groups of likeness. We do this because it allows for quick identification in our mind, of what our eyes see or better said, "what our senses are experiencing".
Way back when we didn't live in communities or buy our food in stores. Our senses were extremely quick in discerning dangers or a potential meal. Something like apophenia, but not. Lol..lol.
The bible says in (Isaiah 11:6-9 NIV)
[6] The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling a together; and a little child will lead them. [7] The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. [8] The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest. [9] They will neither harm nor destroy.
He is referring to the 1000 year millennial reign of Jesus Christ, when He sits on the throne of David, in Jerusalem. This of course, takes place after the Great Tribulation(Daniel's 70th week, the time of Jacob's trouble) and it ends when Satan is let loose for a very short time, at the end of the 1000 years, and this is when the Earth will be burned up and made new. All of the elements will be destroyed.
Some may argue this is eternity, but the sea is mentioned and we know by scripture, that there will be no sea on the new Earth.
Before the fall in the garden, it is clearly stated what exactly, all of the creatures of the Earth, dined on, and meat was nowhere on the menu.
This is because death never existed, until Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and died. It is at this point, that death entered God's perfect creation.
This is also how we know that the dinasours actually lived in man's time and not before the creation account in Genesis. There was no Ice Age that wiped out these creatures. Death had not occurred yet.
It is also notable, that Adam and Eve died in spirit, immediately. Ending the personal fellowship they enjoyed with the invisible God. Scripture tells us that God is Spirit and therefore must be worshipped in Spirit. This is what we born again Christians enjoy in fellowship with God, by the life giving power of His Holy Spirit, today, and it was made possible through the saving grace that God gives us through His glorious Son, Jesus.
Who, suffered for and paid all of our sins on Calvary cross, to keep us outta Hell's fire and He imputed or credited His perfect righteousness to those of us that believe. The flesh of course is merely a clay vessel that houses the spirit and the soul. It did not completely die, immediately, rather death entered in and began it's destruction of the physical body. This is why we are dying the instant we born.
This is up for debate as to when life starts and I do believe it begins at the point of conception. But Jesus in speaking with Nicodemus, explained that unless a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Then He goes onto say that unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Some argue this statement to mean water baptism. But Jesus tells us in His next statement, what He is referring to here:
John 3:5-8 NIV
[5] Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. [6] "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit". [7] You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' [8] The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
I kinda went off the rails there.. lol..lol.. I ended up taking this simple comment and stretching it out, dragging you kicking and screaming through the fall of creation and then skipping over four dispensations to body slam you with the "Gospel of Salvation". Lol..lol...
Now that you are down on the mat, as I showed you how the body or flesh is separated from the invisible God, because He is Spirit and you, because of the fall of Adam, cannot have fellowship. How can the flesh which is pretty much just dirt, worship Infinite God?
I will finish up by asking you, if you have ever jump started a dead car battery, to get the car running again? I ask this because it is pretty much exactly what being born again or born of the Spirit means. Minus the car batteries, because the dead car battery is you the dead spirit inside that mug(flesh) looking back at you in the mirror and the battery used to regenerate the dead car battery, is actually the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit(Holy Ghost). He not only regenerates you the dead spirit in your body, to life. He indwells you for eternity. He is your assurance of the promise of eternal life. This is symbolic of our betrothal to Christ. He is the Comforter, Jesus said to His disciples, that if He did not go to the Father, the Comforter would not come. So it would be better He go.
The Greek word for Him is Paraclete and I would strongly suggest, you look up, at gotquestions.org their definition of that word under questions about the Holy Spirit because it is the best I have read.
Anyhow, now being born again or born of the Spirit or of God(all the same), you can now enjoy that exact same fellowship that Adam enjoyed with God, before the fall of creation.
I say "fall of creation", to take us back to the original comment, as before then, all the wild beasts, including lions and whatever sort of canines there were, ate grass like the livestock do today. They certainly could not eat raw meat, seeing that death has not entered creation yet.
Last note: (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him will not perish(die), but have eternal or everlasting life.
We all know that one day we will put off these old bodies, by laying them down like a worn out garment. But, unlike the poor wretched soul mentioned in (Luke 16:19-31), that has no hope or any part in the next life, because he remains seperated from God, in eternal torment because he rejected God's free gift of saving grace that comes only through Jesus, Who makes possible regenerstion and a new eternal life, that comes with that new Spirit, a new heart, replacing that old hardened heart of sin. Also the renewing of the mind, giving us the mind of Christ, as we are sanctified, being set apart from the world unto God, and His Holiness.
We all sin. We are born dead in Adam, making every person who ever lived, a sinner because of actual or the original sin of Adam. We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. We are bent toward it because our volition is for the things of the carnal man or flesh only. We cannot in our debased state, desire the things that are of the Spirit, because our spirit is "stone cold dead" in Adam. Not sick or lame.. Dead.. Dead as in needs resuscitating "not" just a little help.
But Jesus paid all of our sins once for all time. God the Father says that He chose to forget them by placing them as far away from us as the East is from the West. In other words, they can never meet because they go in different directions forever and that is exactly how long we have forgiveness... "Forever"..
Your heart may stop ticking ar anytime. Maybe tonight while peacefully sleeping, snug in your bed. You suddenly find yourself on the othe side of you last heartbeat, and the foor of time slams shut on you. There's no going back.
Are you ready to meet the love of your life Jesus, who died to save you from Hell.
Or does (Luke 16:19-31) sound like the direction you are heading. Where you will meet Jesus Christ, Alpha Omega, the Dreadful Judge, Whom, you scoffed at by rejecting His agape loving advances toward you, while there was still time. Now it's to late and you have eternity to suffer through it.. Sucks yo be you.. Seriously.. it really does if you have taken that far.
Time is running out, because once we breathe out our last. Our eternal fate is sealed as time stops for the dead and we are at this point, locked into an eternal state, based on the choices we make now..
Ever wonder about those crosses you see up an down the highways? The ones where people got scrubbed out in a wreck.
I truck for a living and often wonder if they maybe thought something a bit off or different on that day. Maybe they had been told that very day about the gospel and once again, said"no thanks".
Bet they wish they had of taken door number 1 instead of door number 2. When God extended His right hand(Jesus) to them.
Bet they wish now that they took the narrow gate at the end of the path less traveled, rather than racing down the broad or wide road where there are lots and lots of pleasure, comforts and fleeting good times. No restrictions and all of your friends are right there egging you onto destruction/ damnation.
Like the man in (Luke 16:19-31), I bet they wish they had some water to soothe and cool their tongue.
I mean, some knew Jesus personally and are never looking back now, as they bask in the warmth of the light of the same One, Who created the Sun, the Moon and the stars and hung them in the heavens. For these souls, there will be no more tears or pain.
Nonsense there's zero Supernatural in nature 👆🤡🦉
@@matimus100 I t can only be explained to you, it cannot be understood for you!
Do you find it cool to put a wild animal in a zoo ?
@@misstoujoursplus Yes I do if they are well cared for!