Your Life as an Orangutan

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  • Опубликовано: 7 май 2024
  • In this video we discover what your life would’ve been like if you were born as an Orangutan
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  • @mrhalfsaid1389
    @mrhalfsaid1389 2 месяца назад +774

    I love how the main joke of the vid is having Orangutans be as intelligent as humans just cause they want to stay as monke

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 2 месяца назад +31

      *E M B R A C E M O N K E*

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq 2 месяца назад +25

      tbh some ppl arr dumber than orangutans

    • @krispingle
      @krispingle 2 месяца назад +3

      Its accurate we make an active choice

    • @RandomYT05_01
      @RandomYT05_01 Месяц назад +3

      Orangutans don't talk because they really don't want to pay taxes. They know enough about our systems of government to know that its not something they want to be involved with.

    • @FREEDOM80085
      @FREEDOM80085 Месяц назад

      ​@@God-ch8lq Black people

  • @FrankBlaskovich
    @FrankBlaskovich 2 месяца назад +110

    i love how many references you added to real life orangutan interactions, the jacket, golf cart, leaf medicine, etc

  • @Orangutanluvr84
    @Orangutanluvr84 2 месяца назад +119

    THE MEDICINE WOUND JOKE MADE MY ORANGUTAN RESEARCHER HEART HAPPY

    • @RyRy2057
      @RyRy2057 2 месяца назад +8

      same and didnt that come out like two days ago? damn this dude works fast

    • @Orangutanluvr84
      @Orangutanluvr84 2 месяца назад

      @@RyRy2057 it came out around 2 weeks ago. My high school anatomy teacher sent me that article when it first came out and since then, people have been talking to me about the new orangutan finding because everyone knows how much I love them.

  • @Rainbow_Sish_Kabob
    @Rainbow_Sish_Kabob 2 месяца назад +67

    8:44 I like how you incorporated the recent news that orangutans use medicinal plants into the video.

  • @darkpandalord3844
    @darkpandalord3844 2 месяца назад +95

    Fun Fact: Humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas all have sweat glands, but orangutans lack them. The branch that would include the orangutans branched off our evolutionary tree before we evolved sweat glands.

    • @puloguffeltefush7745
      @puloguffeltefush7745 2 месяца назад +12

      damn, considering how OP sweat glands are, it's a shame for the orangutans :/

    • @DontLookNowBuddy
      @DontLookNowBuddy 2 месяца назад +5

      Why have sweat glands when it basically rains everyday?

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq День назад

      @@darkpandalord3844 chimps and gorillas have barely any sweat glands tbh
      u have 10 times the sweat gland density of a chimp

  • @leflamewolf
    @leflamewolf 2 месяца назад +179

    Fun fact, as referenced at the end of the video many cultures that grew around orangutans have legends that they are actually capable of human speech but avoid doing so around people so that they won't be forced to work. Honestly? That's fair.

  • @trevorlee7953
    @trevorlee7953 2 месяца назад +38

    8:45 I like the reference to the orangutan found using plants to heap himself.

  • @IC3XR
    @IC3XR 2 месяца назад +41

    Wow, the lives of Orangutans are actually pretty chill compared to most other animals.

  • @Real_Arthur_Morgan1863
    @Real_Arthur_Morgan1863 2 месяца назад +34

    This is genuinely my favorite series of youtube videos.

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 2 месяца назад +27

    8:45 I like the little detail of using the leaf as a way of tending to his wound. Orangutans actually do this, and this behavior was documented recently with an Orangutan who had an injury in the same spot the one in the video had. Great reference!

  • @gabrielneri2820
    @gabrielneri2820 2 месяца назад +28

    Guess now we just need a video on Gorillas to finish the "Ape Trilogy"
    And a video on Grizzlys to finish the "Bear Trilogy"

    • @Winter_Fan_01
      @Winter_Fan_01 2 месяца назад +1

      flawed logic, he didn't do the short faced black bear

  • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
    @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 2 месяца назад +68

    Worst part of orangutans is they used to be all over Asia. Unfortunately, some humans and denisovians saw them as a food source…

    • @lokiserpentem8534
      @lokiserpentem8534 2 месяца назад +13

      Denisovans are a species of human

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 2 месяца назад +4

      @@lokiserpentem8534 species of hominid, not human. Humans are homo-sapien, denisovians are not homo-sapiens. If you wanna make a deeper philosophical argument for what defines a human. But semantically, they are not humans.

    • @sejanus855
      @sejanus855 2 месяца назад +5

      Tbh I'm as sad though that non other homonid species pulled through to enter our modern age with us. Even though the racism against them would probably be...harsh. But Especially something like neanderthals or those smaller island hominids would have been so cool to have around

    • @Joseph2637-
      @Joseph2637- 2 месяца назад

      Yucky

    • @lokiserpentem8534
      @lokiserpentem8534 2 месяца назад +1

      @@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 homo sapiens are classified as "modern humans" human refers to any member of the genus "homo"

  • @justaguyontheinternet3893
    @justaguyontheinternet3893 2 месяца назад +528

    My favourite video in this account was when he made a video about Komodo Dragons/monitor lizards and he said “It’s Dragoning Time”

    • @DaleEarndhardt
      @DaleEarndhardt 2 месяца назад +33

      And then he dragoned all over the place
      That was my favourite part

    • @justaguyontheinternet3893
      @justaguyontheinternet3893 2 месяца назад +10

      @@DaleEarndhardt that was certainly a 10/10 moment

    • @carbonatedmoose7872
      @carbonatedmoose7872 2 месяца назад +1

      Which video was that or am I getting pranked?

    • @KiraiKatsuji
      @KiraiKatsuji 2 месяца назад +9

      @@carbonatedmoose7872 The one where he does the dragon dance

    • @cesaremarianopasqui7535
      @cesaremarianopasqui7535 2 месяца назад +2

      Second option boy​@@carbonatedmoose7872

  • @docu-menter2702
    @docu-menter2702 2 месяца назад +24

    I want to add some very minor information : )
    Orangutans near research centre in Borneo sometimes like to imitate human bipedal stance, and sometimes even does bipedal walking on the ground. I am pretty sure it's uncomfortable for them to do that, but they do it for the lolz anyway.
    This is something that their Sumatran counterpart can't have as much, even if they are intrigued by how human walk. Because of...well...Tigers.

  • @KyoushaPumpItUp
    @KyoushaPumpItUp 2 месяца назад +23

    8:44 is a reference to a recent discovery about Orangutans using plants/herbs to heal wounds.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 месяца назад +2

      That's actually not a recent discovery as a Borneo research team saw a few wild orangutans doing the same thing while on a study trip and a BBC crew filmed one doing it for a 2020 documentary. Funny thing is that the indigenous Dyak people use the same plant for healing wounds and pain so the question is did orangutans learn from humans or the other way around, as both species learn by copying.

  • @YellowPredator92
    @YellowPredator92 Месяц назад +24

    At 8:44 was a nice little reference to that one male orangutan who was spotted rubbing herbs on his damage faced which later healed completely

  • @DnDj282
    @DnDj282 2 месяца назад +52

    Look what u did... now he has to pay taxes

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 месяца назад +6

      Catches up with all of us

  • @riskybusinessish
    @riskybusinessish 2 месяца назад +18

    the scratched face plant ointment application is very fresh and newly documented behaviour! well done to add it in!

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 месяца назад +1

      Not new as a research team in Borneo saw a few wild orangutans doing the same thing once and a BBC crew captured one orangutan doing it while filming a 2020 documentary. Oddly enough, the indigenous ppl of Borneo also heal wounds and pain with the same plant so you have to wonder, who taught who??

    • @riskybusinessish
      @riskybusinessish 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Cara-39 ty for the added information! and im sure we all know who taught who…

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 месяца назад

      @@riskybusinessish Orangutans are great teachers, right?!

  • @vincentclark5739
    @vincentclark5739 2 месяца назад +20

    I like the addition of them using local leaves to heal a wound on their face, like the recent article!

  • @bruh8025
    @bruh8025 2 месяца назад +17

    8:44 This is a reference to an Orangutan who used medicinal leaves to heal a facial wound which is pretty insane. I wonder what else I've missed.

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 2 месяца назад

      He will teaching that method to the generation bellow him

  • @coffe9422
    @coffe9422 Месяц назад +31

    It’s kinda cool thinking that somewhere out there, an orangutan might have been born on the same day as me.

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster7877 2 месяца назад +14

    Brilliant storytelling in this one! I love that this strays away from the often overused trope of orangutans being just passive victims of habitat loss and adapting to the influx of humans.

  • @eddiebendigo7317
    @eddiebendigo7317 2 месяца назад +14

    I love how the kids are playing Guess Who and all the characters are from his previous videos.

  • @Quad-px6ru
    @Quad-px6ru 2 месяца назад +13

    keep making these their making the depression go away

  • @aVerveQuest
    @aVerveQuest 2 месяца назад +26

    Orangutans are so intelligent it's amazing to me they don't have a more social structure as adults, like Bonobos... well maybe not bonobos

  • @hemlockshrooms2786
    @hemlockshrooms2786 2 месяца назад +19

    i didn't know they ate fish. very educational. i would give him my hat. i like how you included the legends about them. we appreciate all the research you do. i liked how the mating females had lipstick and dresses instead of wigs this time and thought it was very funny how the different ones just have different colored lipstick.

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 месяца назад +2

      Thank you! Thought it was about time to mix up the wigs

  • @petarmilich8684
    @petarmilich8684 2 месяца назад +23

    Could we get a video about gorillas? You know, just to round out the great apes. And before anyone asks, I don’t think a video about bonobos would be able to be on RUclips without an age restriction.

  • @marcusyapmingfeng306
    @marcusyapmingfeng306 2 месяца назад +24

    Ngl I saw the Orangutan using medicinal plant referenced here.

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 2 месяца назад +4

      Yes, and more impressive, soon he will teaching that to another orangutans

  • @Orangutanluvr84
    @Orangutanluvr84 2 месяца назад +18

    As a certified orangutan lover, I deeply appreciate this.

  • @lucasrh6910
    @lucasrh6910 2 месяца назад +19

    The Orang Hutan, or Man of the Forest, is able to talk, but he prefers not to, lest he be compelled to labour

  • @Jade_1872
    @Jade_1872 2 месяца назад +20

    Orangutans are one of my favorite animals I’m so happy to have been recommended this

  • @sophray5467
    @sophray5467 2 месяца назад +13

    Primatology nerd here and I promise every hidden reference to a video or research finding was massively appreciated

  • @Arioncluster
    @Arioncluster 10 дней назад +6

    6:38 Tiger is back!

  • @HipsterLumberjack
    @HipsterLumberjack 2 месяца назад +16

    I like how the video shows a lot of random things we've seen orangutans do in videos. Like driving golf carts and sawing wood

  • @darkstarmatter5678
    @darkstarmatter5678 2 месяца назад +15

    6:27 My man really said, "you can't see me" and hit it back to the trees, lmao

  • @dudewithbasicpfp2439
    @dudewithbasicpfp2439 2 месяца назад +9

    These videos are very entertaining, and interesting/informative.
    I love biology and it's really cool to see the life cycle of specific species.
    Keep it up!

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 месяца назад +2

      Thank you, more to come!

  • @davidoh14
    @davidoh14 2 месяца назад +9

    Self-medicating through plants Akar Kuning is simply beautiful to see

  • @TJ-hg6op
    @TJ-hg6op Месяц назад +16

    Breaking News: Orangutans are reportedly chill like that

  • @asin8757
    @asin8757 Месяц назад +15

    The recent popular culture jokes are a nice touch

  • @grandpac6044
    @grandpac6044 2 месяца назад +14

    6:28 The John cena disappearance 😂😂

  • @Mr.idk.idc190
    @Mr.idk.idc190 2 месяца назад +17

    Please do one about ants they have a very interesting life and I think it would make for a good video

  • @Andrej-tt1yi
    @Andrej-tt1yi 2 месяца назад +15

    Indonesian proverb reference and medical leafs. Nice.

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 2 месяца назад +6

    YES!!! A new YOUR LIFE AS!!!
    This series is fucking BRILLIANT

  • @MrMannerless
    @MrMannerless 2 месяца назад +10

    I am torn for what my favourite part of these videos is: the narrator’s incredibly bored and lifeless voice, or the great animation and comedy choices!

  • @male272
    @male272 2 месяца назад +14

    I'm old. This just became my favourite video of all time. Well done Mate...well ...done.

  • @radicalradish
    @radicalradish 2 месяца назад +24

    God I love orangutans so much

  • @mehemmedmemmedov4937
    @mehemmedmemmedov4937 2 месяца назад +15

    Do life as a bonobo

  • @tonatiuhnino3711
    @tonatiuhnino3711 Месяц назад +10

    "Pink faced two kilos and utterly useless" and "GTA their boat"
    I love this channel.

  • @katelynrushe9025
    @katelynrushe9025 2 месяца назад +11

    As someone whose social interaction has drastically declined since 2020 and now has red hair, I think there’s some truth to this origin story.

  • @FreddyRangel85
    @FreddyRangel85 2 месяца назад +7

    My favorite part was when the John Cena “You can’t see me” hand wave 😂😂😂

  • @grandpac6044
    @grandpac6044 2 месяца назад +11

    The idea that man doesn’t want to enslave them and put them in circuses, but instead as a new cog in the labor force machine. Also overall this has been one of the most peaceful videos🎉
    Besides the Grape…

  • @indianlibertarian6925
    @indianlibertarian6925 2 месяца назад +7

    I really appreciate the fact that all your drawings depict these gruesome as so cute

  • @JohanDuck
    @JohanDuck 2 месяца назад +9

    the life of an orangutan is nice counterbalance to the fanta ad

  • @FrankBlaskovich
    @FrankBlaskovich 2 месяца назад +7

    I have been waiting for this exact video for a long time, thank you for coveringmy favorite animal :)

  • @lymb3914
    @lymb3914 2 месяца назад +17

    Sounds slightly less horrible than life as a chimp. Slightly.

  • @mission.to.aether.1
    @mission.to.aether.1 2 месяца назад +17

    The suspicion by the human that he is pretending not to speak so he doesn't have to work is so real haha.
    Imagine if a group of hyper intelligent primates developed out of the blue. Humans would have them running in the rat race with the rest of us in a heartbeat

    • @TriassicPendraig
      @TriassicPendraig 2 месяца назад +1

      Humans are hyper inteligent primates already

  • @Cara-39
    @Cara-39 2 месяца назад +5

    Yay!!! You said orangutan was on your list when I asked for it and I'm so happy to see my favorite animal - thank you!!

  • @jansasiadek2507
    @jansasiadek2507 2 месяца назад +16

    Looking at thumbnail, my silly ass thought orangutan was a pharoh

    • @sephikong8323
      @sephikong8323 2 месяца назад +2

      Tutangutan III was my favorite pharaoh

  • @rayhanmustakim7073
    @rayhanmustakim7073 Месяц назад +20

    4:32 LOL you don't even bother to use catfish image, just a carp with whiskers.

  • @exalt2674
    @exalt2674 2 месяца назад +12

    I thought that the Orangutan would kill the guy instead of having to work.

  • @GRKSAN001
    @GRKSAN001 2 месяца назад +5

    I LOVE JAMES TOLAND VIDEOS! 🤩🫶🏽

  • @bolo_ants
    @bolo_ants Месяц назад +23

    As an ant, I would like our life to be discussed

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Месяц назад +1

      I think you need to be a little specific considering how many different ants having different lifestyles and roles.

    • @bolo_ants
      @bolo_ants Месяц назад

      @@brandonlyon730 most queens have a specific type of upbringing

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Месяц назад

      @@bolo_ants Not all of them, Driver and Army ants are usually nomadic with no permanent nests or in cases like fire ants share a massive colony with multiple other Queens until they eventually start killing each other for dominance of the mega nest.

    • @bolo_ants
      @bolo_ants Месяц назад

      @@brandonlyon730 Are you too stupid to know what most means?

    • @bolo_ants
      @bolo_ants Месяц назад +1

      @@brandonlyon730 clearly you don’t know what most means. Please take an English class before trying to correct someone😊

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 Месяц назад +7

    This should be getting SO MUCH MORE ATTENTION than it gets

  • @marcdean4311
    @marcdean4311 2 месяца назад +6

    nice touch with the self medication reference

  • @KingofAces5912
    @KingofAces5912 2 месяца назад +5

    I am SO GLAD you still make these!

  • @frogglen6350
    @frogglen6350 2 месяца назад +8

    I love your videos. And orangutans. These animals are so smart and mostly peaceful.

  • @flibbernodgets7018
    @flibbernodgets7018 2 месяца назад +4

    1:42 I love rambutan, glad it was included.

  • @cro-magnoncarol4017
    @cro-magnoncarol4017 2 месяца назад +19

    Glad he didn't bring up what happens when they bump into a tourist with red hair...

  • @CenturionMkXIII
    @CenturionMkXIII 2 месяца назад +10

    My god i love orangutans

  • @GlassMelon
    @GlassMelon 2 месяца назад +6

    The animations get better and better with each video.

  • @ehta2413
    @ehta2413 2 месяца назад +14

    Not to mention that lady version might end up in prostitution in Sumatra, so not a pretty ending for a grey-faced working class hero :D

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 месяца назад +6

      That was such a horrific story. Poor Pony had been kept as a pet since a baby then chained to a bed in a brothel and raped by forest workers for years. Thankfully she was rescued but she was so traumatized that she'll likely never leave the sanctuary.

    • @sejanus855
      @sejanus855 2 месяца назад

      R....an ape....an ape. What the actual fuck. Why can't such people have an "accident" deep in the forest anymore, they're obviously not suitable for any kind of society

  • @spacereturn8429
    @spacereturn8429 2 месяца назад +6

    James follows orangutan news pretty well

  • @robertdefoe2396
    @robertdefoe2396 2 месяца назад +13

    Would ask for How to Bonobo but that might get demonitised.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 месяца назад +1

      🤣🤣

  • @BhaalDacco
    @BhaalDacco 2 месяца назад +8

    pls never stop im your biggest fan

  • @ry1786
    @ry1786 2 месяца назад +9

    4:24 i believe that saw refrence was from BBC spy in the wild

  • @HioshimaFried
    @HioshimaFried 2 месяца назад +4

    ngl dude, this one is ya best one today - alone from the beginning, you had me hooked, lined and sinked; good stuff!

  • @TheTruthAlwaysWins169
    @TheTruthAlwaysWins169 29 дней назад +8

    Ah, now I know that gingers are actually orangutans who came down from the trees!

  • @THECHEESELORD69
    @THECHEESELORD69 2 месяца назад +19

    Could we get a “your life as a human?”

  • @tqtechmentor
    @tqtechmentor 2 месяца назад +7

    Thank you for this talented video, humorous, great, refreshing! Thank you for efforts put in.

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @ascenscionstallion2993
    @ascenscionstallion2993 2 месяца назад +9

    This video is one of your best

  • @mangaanimefan3089
    @mangaanimefan3089 Месяц назад +17

    Okay, are all these anecdotes things that Orangutans have been seen doing? Or just slight exaggerations? Because I could honestly see an orangutan stealing a boat.😂😂

    • @HippoBean
      @HippoBean Месяц назад +15

      It's not the same orangutan doing all of these things of course, but I've seen videos and heard accounts of them learning to do most of these things.

    • @hueyfreeman2687
      @hueyfreeman2687 Месяц назад

      I think this whole video is based on a documentary

    • @hueyfreeman2687
      @hueyfreeman2687 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah the documentary is called "The real king of the jungle"

  • @johnbrock7991
    @johnbrock7991 2 месяца назад +9

    Maybe How to grizzly bear is next. 1:53 He’s done all of the animals on the trading cards except the grizzly/brown bear one unless it is a reference to the polar bear video.

  • @PhantoRoyce
    @PhantoRoyce 2 месяца назад +14

    Don’t pay bills. Don’t participate in society. Become monke

  • @CommieApe
    @CommieApe 2 месяца назад +5

    Mantis Shrimp would be really funny to see you do. These are amazing thank you.

  • @coltonkeeslingcomedy8699
    @coltonkeeslingcomedy8699 Месяц назад +14

    I never knew orangutans ate fish

  • @supersaiyandiclonius3056
    @supersaiyandiclonius3056 Месяц назад +16

    I'd love to see your take on bonobos.

  • @tlange5091
    @tlange5091 2 месяца назад +3

    Brilliant video with so many references to pictures and videos. Perfectly hinted at without forcing it!

  • @alphaaquilla1359
    @alphaaquilla1359 2 месяца назад +9

    life of an orca, osprey, termite and meerkat pls

  • @spacesui-t
    @spacesui-t 2 месяца назад +9

    This is a story about orangutan named Stanly

  • @GramLikesBread
    @GramLikesBread 2 месяца назад +12

    Did you say learned behaviours create cultural differences between populations? That’s really interesting to just mention offhand!

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 месяца назад +3

      Agree! Struggled to find a way to incorporate it into the video more

  • @ChupacabraRex
    @ChupacabraRex 2 месяца назад +8

    This is my new headcanon.

  • @Monkey36044
    @Monkey36044 Месяц назад +5

    Gotta love this dry humor way of telling things.

  • @GarryDKing
    @GarryDKing 2 месяца назад +6

    This one's the funniest one yet!

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! Really appreciated it!

  • @iCuddleAfter6
    @iCuddleAfter6 2 месяца назад +7

    Another your life as video, thats bananas

  • @The_Captainn
    @The_Captainn 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic work as always!

  • @DDViking
    @DDViking 2 месяца назад +5

    Your life as an Octopus! Most amazing animal, oh i mean. Alien! 🐙

  • @citrus5797
    @citrus5797 Месяц назад +7

    This is great! Orangutans are clearly the best ape.

  • @six106
    @six106 2 месяца назад +5

    Fun fact "orangutan" literally forest people

  • @hypnoticskull6342
    @hypnoticskull6342 2 месяца назад +6

    8:33
    Top 10 best anime battles

  • @eisernerrundfunk1
    @eisernerrundfunk1 2 месяца назад +3

    "How to orang-utan". When I read the title, I knew I needed to get more input on this, even though I was aware that I would never have thought of this question on my own. Thank you ✌💪