How smart are orangutans? - Lu Gao

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2016
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    Along with humans, orangutans belong to the Hominidae family tree, which stretches back 14 million years. But it’s not just their striking red hair that makes orangutans unique among our great ape cousins. Lu Gao shares some amazing facts about these incredibly intelligent great apes from Asia.
    Lesson by Lu Gao, animation by Anton Bogaty.

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  • @user-vt2ih1iq3u
    @user-vt2ih1iq3u 3 роки тому +3415

    I saw a video of an orangutan making a trade with a guy for a banana

    • @stevenlee6407
      @stevenlee6407 3 роки тому +190

      I just came from that video

    • @akashambrose
      @akashambrose 3 роки тому +38

      Same

    • @jenaroaragon721
      @jenaroaragon721 3 роки тому +44

      No way? What a coincidence! I've also seen that.

    • @user-vt2ih1iq3u
      @user-vt2ih1iq3u 3 роки тому +64

      Here's the video ua-cam.com/video/qVF6cO6_dF8/v-deo.html

    • @spec_wasted
      @spec_wasted 3 роки тому +11

      @@stevenlee6407 I also came from that video 🤣

  • @macman5549
    @macman5549 3 роки тому +6093

    I love how Fu Manchu escapes his cell, and just stays at the zoo and hangs out with his friends

    • @carolynchurch4642
      @carolynchurch4642 3 роки тому +610

      That's because he knows and/or knew, that staying close to the zoo meant he would not have to forage for food, but instead just be given food.

    • @biswajitshaw5745
      @biswajitshaw5745 2 роки тому +306

      Monké smart

    • @tylerwilson5769
      @tylerwilson5769 2 роки тому +102

      Even I didn't think of that. Iranians are the best

    • @tylerwilson5769
      @tylerwilson5769 2 роки тому +22

      Orangutan

    • @espennilsen2909
      @espennilsen2909 2 роки тому +109

      @@tylerwilson5769 was that autocorrect? If so thats hilarious

  • @CarlosAlberto-gf3dy
    @CarlosAlberto-gf3dy 3 роки тому +827

    1:08 orangutans have better Reproductive Life Plan than most people

    • @literalmonkeyman5101
      @literalmonkeyman5101 3 роки тому +18

      Yup

    • @sofia_aa
      @sofia_aa 3 роки тому +29

      i was thinking the exact same

    • @asharma9345
      @asharma9345 3 роки тому +6

      Yup

    • @Karma-cj1wu
      @Karma-cj1wu 2 роки тому +38

      They don't even need to worry about food or taxes, while we're struggling simple math

    • @Gingnose
      @Gingnose 2 роки тому +6

      We have a lot of things to learn from them

  • @Lewis_lebowski
    @Lewis_lebowski 3 роки тому +943

    “The Person of the forest” part touched my heart lady 😢

    • @noahsimard7322
      @noahsimard7322 3 роки тому +11

      me too 🙁

    • @lurifos9576
      @lurifos9576 3 роки тому +65

      Orang = person
      Utan (hutan) = forest

    • @ahmody7500
      @ahmody7500 2 роки тому +14

      @@lurifos9576 thanks for this etymology

    • @JayMusic___
      @JayMusic___ 2 роки тому +1

      *People* of the forest

    • @bolmuroturo189
      @bolmuroturo189 2 роки тому +3

      Yup that part touched my heart too, i understand little bit Malay language, but never realized that orangutan is mean "person in the forest"😢
      Orang = Person
      Utan(hutan) = Forest

  • @stealthguy7249
    @stealthguy7249 6 років тому +4138

    *f r u i t s o u p*

  • @alazka16
    @alazka16 7 років тому +5317

    THIS ANIMATION IS SO FRIGGIN CUTE

    • @jaspercongdon
      @jaspercongdon 7 років тому +53

      This was my thought too, so nice!

    • @marianaABC904
      @marianaABC904 7 років тому +23

      same thought 😍

    • @TurtleGold22
      @TurtleGold22 7 років тому +7

      Shirangi Leo, is your name a reference to Futurama, or does it just sound similar by chance?

    • @anhtuphan3170
      @anhtuphan3170 7 років тому +18

      alazka16 the animation is..... *FABULOUS*

    • @TheRoyalBum
      @TheRoyalBum 7 років тому +9

      alazka16 WHY ALL CAPS

  • @grayemerald5159
    @grayemerald5159 2 роки тому +560

    I recently heard this story where a member of the orangutan survival foundation went into the habitat to remove a venomous snake from the nearby river, however one of the orangutans thought the man had fallen in the river and offered a helping hand up, it was quite amazing to see and just goes to show that some animals are more human than they seem.

    • @dororo2597
      @dororo2597 Рік тому +11

      What is human ? Human you mean Human supposed did not do a cruel things?

    • @NevrrPresntt
      @NevrrPresntt Рік тому +8

      Who says we are the top existence? Heck i wouldn't be surprised if orangutans got saved from this planet and not us humans

    • @_martian101
      @_martian101 Рік тому +3

      That orangutan is close enough to human, probably because he grows up in conservation facility before

    • @aungoo9700
      @aungoo9700 11 місяців тому +1

      @@NevrrPresntt You are so out of topic.

    • @Stachelbeeerchen
      @Stachelbeeerchen 9 місяців тому +8

      Dude humans are animals... We aren't above animals because we are mammals.

  • @Hmmm777
    @Hmmm777 3 роки тому +341

    Orangutan is like that wise man that knows literally everything.

    • @browhat0612
      @browhat0612 2 роки тому +13

      literally some random indian guy on youtube

    • @Zekander
      @Zekander Рік тому

      like Dr. Zaius

    • @Just_A_Guy_Here.
      @Just_A_Guy_Here. 6 місяців тому

      I'm your 300th liker here & bye.

  • @sydneyjohnson9498
    @sydneyjohnson9498 6 років тому +11186

    Fruit Soup? Ma'am, that's called juice.

    • @atas2561
      @atas2561 6 років тому +309

      So is that really a big problem

    • @owlblocksdavid4955
      @owlblocksdavid4955 5 років тому +776

      @@atas2561 yes

    • @myman8336
      @myman8336 5 років тому +140

      But there soup in the box..?????

    • @mmrtommyg01
      @mmrtommyg01 5 років тому +225

      @PEW PEW BOOM the only difference is soup is usual warm. Tomato soup becomes tomato juice at room temp technically

    • @mmrtommyg01
      @mmrtommyg01 5 років тому +41

      @PEW PEW BOOM no, but cold tomatoes soup is just juice

  • @dinohall2595
    @dinohall2595 4 роки тому +5621

    "It's gonna be a sad, sad Earth if we lose these faces of the forest."
    -Steve Irwin, speaking about orangutans

    • @rudaleru
      @rudaleru 3 роки тому +29

      F

    • @pumpkinsdontcry
      @pumpkinsdontcry 3 роки тому +12

      Bruh

    • @clouui_
      @clouui_ 3 роки тому +26

      @@pumpkinsdontcry?

    • @Acer67
      @Acer67 3 роки тому +10

      Nothing last forever you know even the sun or the earth even the galaxy

    • @dinohall2595
      @dinohall2595 3 роки тому +192

      @@Acer67 Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to preserve what we have. It is our ethical obligation to our future generations and to the future of the planet.

  • @georgeserbezis4704
    @georgeserbezis4704 2 роки тому +13

    I just know that one of them can drive a golf cart

  • @BronzeBanana
    @BronzeBanana 7 років тому +3467

    in Malaysia/Indonesia, Orang means people and Hutan means jungle

    • @doodwtf4241
      @doodwtf4241 6 років тому +304

      Mun Chung they are basically forest people

    • @muslimputra1216
      @muslimputra1216 5 років тому +56

      Yes brother

    • @chickenjacker
      @chickenjacker 5 років тому +40

      interesting

    • @Looshmal
      @Looshmal 5 років тому +369

      The Natives of Borneo say that the only reason Orangutans don't speak is because then they'd have to work.

    • @karhin9912
      @karhin9912 5 років тому +24

      Man in the jungle

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 5 років тому +2028

    0:30
    Now that is a useful double chin.

    • @kapitanbach7411
      @kapitanbach7411 4 роки тому +62

      Well now I must invest in one for when the aliens put us in enclosers

    • @arikakarin2323
      @arikakarin2323 4 роки тому +17

      I used them to hide remote when we, human still watch tv back then

    • @user-qx8vo8dz2w
      @user-qx8vo8dz2w 3 роки тому +6

      @@arikakarin2323 What's a tv?

    • @dog_corn
      @dog_corn 3 роки тому +2

      @@J_Mat hes being sarcastic

    • @secretidentity7709
      @secretidentity7709 3 роки тому +2

      How to type

  • @terramater
    @terramater Рік тому +34

    It's heartbreaking that so many of these gentle creatures are getting hurt by humans...
    We just uploaded a video about an adventurous rescue mission, where Orangutan Nenuah - she was forced to work in a wildlife show in Thailand - is brought back to her native home, by helicopter. The moment when she felt the grass of her native forest underneath her feet for the very first time will give you goosebumps.

  • @theawkwardamateurpotato6134
    @theawkwardamateurpotato6134 3 роки тому +242

    I'm convinced one day orangutans will replace me and no one will know lmao
    Edit : I live in the middle of forests in Malaysia, its rare but we do see orangutans occasionally, and they really are smart.

    • @manuelalonsodominguezvazqu2145
      @manuelalonsodominguezvazqu2145 2 роки тому +12

      Are you a ginger?

    • @berserk322
      @berserk322 2 роки тому +1

      @@manuelalonsodominguezvazqu2145 I don't think anyone is ginger in Indonesia

    • @menacetosociety9076
      @menacetosociety9076 2 роки тому +9

      Honestly sounds like a horror show, imagine when ur relatives visits and an orang utan opens the door a

    • @randomguy2108
      @randomguy2108 2 роки тому +12

      @@berserk322 He is from Malaysia bro different countries. But yeah pretty sure no one in SEA are naturally ginger.

    • @sleeplesshead602
      @sleeplesshead602 2 роки тому +1

      @@manuelalonsodominguezvazqu2145 are you assuming him a ginger orangutan? 😂

  • @SquareSquidStudios
    @SquareSquidStudios 7 років тому +3335

    So what is stopping them from joining society...
    Racism against gingers~

    • @miguelgrohmannhernandez2224
      @miguelgrohmannhernandez2224 7 років тому +109

      they have no souls

    • @MegaTp4
      @MegaTp4 7 років тому +151

      communication and language skills

    • @davidflores909
      @davidflores909 7 років тому +127

      +Miguel Meneses Hernandez I have no soul and I find your comment offensive. #SoulLessPride

    • @SquareSquidStudios
      @SquareSquidStudios 7 років тому +25

      PancakeVsWaffle No we aren't.
      I am a chameleon and you are a butt~

    • @viktor8316
      @viktor8316 7 років тому +43

      very easy to answer, most people are not as smart as them and have only onedirectional thinking.

  • @BoLeee
    @BoLeee 7 років тому +6113

    So the only problem that the Orangutans needs human help with, is caused by humans. Cool.

    • @123guy5
      @123guy5 7 років тому +379

      you cause a problem
      you fix it

    • @BoLeee
      @BoLeee 7 років тому +139

      Yeah but not all problems need to be there from the beginning..

    • @SUFHolbek
      @SUFHolbek 7 років тому +59

      while it's true we can't make something out of nothing, we choose what we have to sacrifice and what we doesn't sacrifice

    • @GoGoNeji
      @GoGoNeji 7 років тому +102

      Or humans can just make smarter choices...

    • @firall.ardunda
      @firall.ardunda 7 років тому +37

      let me tell you, most human is a parasite

  • @user-tc6ov5hp2d
    @user-tc6ov5hp2d 2 роки тому +139

    This video is absolutely magnificent. The information, animation, voice over and general composition is top notch. The writing is superb and the subject matter is very interesting. I am so glad that this team has been producing such videos.
    Thank you.

  • @isaacford2885
    @isaacford2885 3 роки тому +82

    Talker: The orangutans were very smart
    Me: So is that why the smart people in my class have orange hair??

  • @dishariroy4315
    @dishariroy4315 3 роки тому +2199

    "Outsmarting their extinction requires creativity, empathy and foresight that our species share."
    What an absolutely brilliant line.

    • @robott3007
      @robott3007 2 роки тому +7

      They are going to live like us I’m calling it

    • @ballsdeep9981
      @ballsdeep9981 2 роки тому +6

      BET! Where do all humans share this empathy? We can't even set up a country wide system(anywhere) in which people will not end up starving.

    • @uhwhat4400
      @uhwhat4400 2 роки тому +13

      @@ballsdeep9981 inequality in resource distribution has nothing to do with empathy. I can have empathy for people who are starving but still be unable to help them secure resources. The world isn’t fair and saying so doesn’t prove a lack of empathy.

    • @K1ddkanuck
      @K1ddkanuck 2 роки тому +4

      Outsmarting our own extinction requires the same.

    • @imafortnutbot5691
      @imafortnutbot5691 2 роки тому

      Just read that as she said it made it even crazier and I smoked a bowl lmao

  • @minjaekim184
    @minjaekim184 4 роки тому +2766

    Humans: look how orangutans are smart!
    Aliens: look how humans are smart!

    • @leesengwee4692
      @leesengwee4692 3 роки тому +218

      We're basically just smart monke

    • @edjoultz9678
      @edjoultz9678 3 роки тому +63

      Some more than others, maybe the 1 or even 2% should make Contact. Aliens don't need to know about the 98% lol

    • @artelislt
      @artelislt 3 роки тому +2

      @@edjoultz9678 yee

    • @pizzatime4024
      @pizzatime4024 3 роки тому +9

      @@leesengwee4692 i wish we just stayed as monke just as smart as hooman

    • @correctname67
      @correctname67 3 роки тому +3

      @@leesengwee4692 but we're apes-

  • @DarkZerol
    @DarkZerol 2 роки тому +2

    Smart enough to expertly drive a golf cart.

  • @ItsmehAlfa
    @ItsmehAlfa 9 місяців тому +3

    As an indonesian i think we MUST stop deforestation, because i cant live without funny orangutan videos

  • @james4727
    @james4727 7 років тому +1261

    I don't understand just how mentally sick you have be to go and kill an endangered animal...

    • @alexalvaradocali3863
      @alexalvaradocali3863 7 років тому +202

      I have been to countries like that, when you are so poor you can barely feed your family it makes you do alot of things you arent proud of.

    • @james4727
      @james4727 7 років тому +90

      Alex Alvaradocali yeh your right. I guess in reality I cant point the finger really, if I had to shoot an elephant to feed my family I would :/

    • @Farisss92
      @Farisss92 7 років тому +74

      Also, don't forget our own backyard. We have endangered species here too and our actions, while not direct like poachers, are affecting livelihoods of so many species. And take into account that Indonesia is the world's biggest producer of palm oil and rubber, the demand of which are influenced by all of us.

    • @barry.b.bensonjr
      @barry.b.bensonjr 4 роки тому +2

      Money always be the answer

    • @sebbef
      @sebbef 4 роки тому +11

      @RedRose7997 Best comment but it makes sheeple rage.

  • @toto-valentin
    @toto-valentin 7 років тому +749

    I think Orangutans are my favorite animal

    • @123guy5
      @123guy5 7 років тому +25

      #savetheorangutans from the Indonesian government

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 7 років тому +24

      My favorite animal is the homo sapien.

    • @unknownone1297
      @unknownone1297 7 років тому +13

      +123 guy It's not the Indonesian government. It's everybody who uses paper and pencils. Everybody who uses palm oils and buys wooden chairs and tables.

    • @toto-valentin
      @toto-valentin 7 років тому +4

      +Superman I wouldnt necessarily say everyone, but I see your point.

    • @Viktor007
      @Viktor007 7 років тому +10

      my favourite is harambe

  • @HakoYigarashi
    @HakoYigarashi 2 роки тому +5

    i just saw one driving a golf cart so .... yeah they're very smart

  • @McFaddenWasRight
    @McFaddenWasRight 3 роки тому +17

    "waiting 8yrs to have another baby." Imagine if human being room the same responsibility upon themselves.

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 роки тому +1128

    *How smart are orangutans?"*
    Probably smarter than me during exams

    • @dannyadhidenny8697
      @dannyadhidenny8697 3 роки тому +26

      *Apes from Rise of the planet of the apes shown* Object in mirror are closer than they are appear.

    • @Casteray
      @Casteray 3 роки тому +7

      Look at this monkey

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 3 роки тому +3

      Who's "m"?

    • @Casteray
      @Casteray 3 роки тому +1

      @@simpleinverso8628 it was supposed to be 'me'
      I am ngl, COMMON SENSE

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 3 роки тому

      @@Casteray I'm just messing with y'all

  • @OlufCreativity
    @OlufCreativity 7 років тому +2559

    It's so sad that there is so many animals going extinct, because of selfish people that can't think about the future😥

    • @seemor4453
      @seemor4453 7 років тому +15

      yeah...

    • @cicadafun
      @cicadafun 7 років тому +12

      +Machiavelli "soon" no. Genetic engineering nor is our understanding of DNA advance enough.

    • @nidenmladenov1691
      @nidenmladenov1691 7 років тому +44

      I want to punch those people but Selena stopped me and said to kill em with kindness so I will give the a pie.. poisonous pie... DIE SELFISH ANIMAL KILLER PEOPLE

    • @mr.unitato7955
      @mr.unitato7955 7 років тому +6

      +Machiavelli no we dont have the technoology yet and even if we do they wont be the same as theyel have to been born from anothere animal so theye wont have the same brain as there normal self

    • @christopherwinne5434
      @christopherwinne5434 7 років тому +5

      Actually, WE DO have that. We already know how that works. We can clone things, and it is very possible to clone a human. However, it is very unethical.

  • @isChitos
    @isChitos 3 роки тому +219

    "No matter how good you're, there would be Asian that's better than you."

    • @thotbanisher3688
      @thotbanisher3688 3 роки тому +17

      The same is evidently true for le munki

    • @samwrihiro
      @samwrihiro 3 роки тому +10

      I don't you should use 'you are' as a contraction there

    • @saintburnsy2468
      @saintburnsy2468 3 роки тому +4

      @@samwrihiro You're correct. Source: I'm a native English speaker.

  • @timegdog1368
    @timegdog1368 2 роки тому +40

    "Give them two million more years and they'll invent guns."

    • @werren894
      @werren894 2 роки тому +8

      no they invent neo-buddism

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 2 роки тому +4

      No they join with Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Bonobos to form an animated band super group.

    • @g-ray4088
      @g-ray4088 2 роки тому

      190000 years*****

    • @SoulAcid1
      @SoulAcid1 2 роки тому +1

      No need to, we have invented guns, so they only may learn to use them.
      How many soldiers know about guncrafting? They only learn to use them.

    • @g-ray4088
      @g-ray4088 2 роки тому +1

      @@SoulAcid1 you didnt get the joke

  • @stephenbrand5661
    @stephenbrand5661 4 роки тому +616

    In this comment section: people who don’t know that fruit soup is a thing that is different from fruit juice

    • @egretta2863
      @egretta2863 3 роки тому +137

      @@FulllNameUnknown yes, In Indonesia it's different type of fruits chopped into little pieces and then flooded with milk/syrup/whatever you like

    • @untitledgoose1637
      @untitledgoose1637 3 роки тому +2

      @@egretta2863 yes

    • @slomo4672
      @slomo4672 3 роки тому +7

      @@egretta2863 Are pieces small enough to pass through a straw?

    • @cloroxbleach3936
      @cloroxbleach3936 3 роки тому +7

      @@slomo4672
      smaller than a pee hole atleast

    • @igp899
      @igp899 3 роки тому +4

      @@slomo4672 nnope.
      thats why im confused
      so im sure thats juice

  • @lookmomnohands0391
    @lookmomnohands0391 5 років тому +446

    Video: *says fruit soup*
    Me: *w h e e z e*

    • @fannyyyyyyyy
      @fannyyyyyyyy 3 роки тому +10

      We have fruit soup as dessert in Indonesia, but I think its kinda different from Orangutas have haha

    • @westanyou2756
      @westanyou2756 3 роки тому +1

      time stamp

    • @russianpooch4711
      @russianpooch4711 3 роки тому +1

      wheeze

    • @yolo-sy6zl
      @yolo-sy6zl 3 роки тому +2

      looks like someone has never heard of tomato soup XD

    • @sos9328
      @sos9328 3 роки тому

      @@yolo-sy6zl tomato is a vegetable

  • @wendylippert8880
    @wendylippert8880 3 роки тому +14

    2:19 me waiting for the shower to get warm at 3 am

  • @alexatlas6090
    @alexatlas6090 2 роки тому +8

    3:33 that's super sad

  • @ouwkyuha
    @ouwkyuha 7 років тому +500

    For the first scene, i' glad orangutan as the smartest animal.. but i feel so bad when dumb people from my country deforesting orangutan's home and causing fire. Shamely, Malaysia and Singapore also got the impact, their country is polluted by fire in our forest.. Please forgive our country who called itself the Emerald(green) of Equator..

    • @QuantumManiac160
      @QuantumManiac160 7 років тому +24

      They arent the smartest animal. That title goes to humans, followed by dolphins.

    • @ouwkyuha
      @ouwkyuha 7 років тому +3

      +rodrick160 allright2 :v

    • @anhtuphan3170
      @anhtuphan3170 7 років тому +6

      rodrick160 i dont think humans are considered as animal...

    • @ouwkyuha
      @ouwkyuha 7 років тому +4

      Anh Tu Phan that's relative :v

    • @ouwkyuha
      @ouwkyuha 7 років тому +3

      biologically we're living creature :v

  • @alfiyan_178
    @alfiyan_178 4 роки тому +49

    3:13 Di luar sana orang sangat bangga dengan hutan Kalimantan dan semua spesies yang langka di dalam nya, mereka juga sadar pentingnya pohon bagi kelangsungan hidup, tapi kita sendiri yang merusak nya, semoga hutan Kalimantan tetap aman walaupun jadi ibukota baru,
    #savetheforest

    • @garikm24
      @garikm24 3 роки тому

      Tunggu, saya tinggal di Kalimantan Selatan
      Dan itu benar bro

    • @fauzandoank2832
      @fauzandoank2832 2 роки тому

      @@garikm24 yoi man

    • @shafamarsaaiman
      @shafamarsaaiman 2 роки тому +3

      Semoga dengan jakarta yang tetep jadi pusat perekonomian, hutan kalimantan ga terganggu, gue orang jakarta asli gue ikhlas jakarta di rusak asal bukan hutan sumatra kalimantan sama irian jaya :(

    • @sukhmandersingh4306
      @sukhmandersingh4306 2 роки тому

      What language is this?

    • @andromeadz4151
      @andromeadz4151 2 роки тому

      @@sukhmandersingh4306 Indonesia becaus you know orangutan from?

  • @Nanocon1
    @Nanocon1 3 роки тому +18

    '...requires the creativity, empathy and foresight that our species lacks...i mean shares.'

  • @thetwizard9290
    @thetwizard9290 3 роки тому +164

    The ability of humans to see other groups as less deserving of life due to being different than them never fails to impress me, in a very sad way.

  • @rakagilang4758
    @rakagilang4758 7 років тому +86

    it's true! every year there is an event that kalimantan forest got burned by people that wanted to grow palm tree to produce oil but they didnt care to its effect and called it as accident by nature because of the heat stroke.

    • @fajardiniarikamil2712
      @fajardiniarikamil2712 4 роки тому +6

      Dude palm oil plantation is a quick Rich scheme ,but it works.

    • @CopeHvH
      @CopeHvH 3 роки тому +1

      Dude every one knows that but fair play

    • @CopeHvH
      @CopeHvH 3 роки тому +1

      Lkl

  • @Loafsandfishes
    @Loafsandfishes 7 років тому +49

    The animation in this is absolutely wonderful. Something about it is just simplistic and so pleasing to watch.

  • @t.fairuz29
    @t.fairuz29 2 роки тому +34

    The animation is so wonderful! I've never orangutans portrayed so playfully, as they should be. Bravo to the illustrator-@ Anton Bogaty!

  • @ldalexandrite
    @ldalexandrite 2 роки тому +6

    Such a great and educative video. Thank you so much. More people should know about our beautiful cousins!

  • @klatie256
    @klatie256 4 роки тому +6

    The animation style is so freakin cute. A really well-thought-out and informative video!

  • @outofbox000
    @outofbox000 4 роки тому +20

    Why can't people live together with these amazing creatures?

  • @vpr3547
    @vpr3547 2 роки тому +2

    This channel is amazing! I hope they'll keep making this beautiful videos :))

  • @monochrome8953
    @monochrome8953 3 роки тому +1

    the orangutan hugging the person gave me life

  • @marscist
    @marscist 4 роки тому +23

    I still can't get over how my man picked a whole lock

    • @somuchsoul3041
      @somuchsoul3041 2 роки тому +6

      Orangutans have a lot of time on their hand in a zoo.

  • @christieavril7897
    @christieavril7897 5 років тому +379

    Yes, that's true! I'm from Sabah, Malaysia where we have multiple sanctuaries that help the orangutans. The word 'orang' means people and the word 'utan' or 'hutan' means forest!
    Edit: I'm not sure what the people in this comment section is arguing about

    • @hexag0nyt283
      @hexag0nyt283 4 роки тому +2

      Saya pun bukn kau sja

    • @andisetya1757
      @andisetya1757 4 роки тому +16

      yes... but much more in indonesia.. borneo/kalimantan and sumatra island

    • @hexag0nyt283
      @hexag0nyt283 4 роки тому +3

      @@andisetya1757orangutan is made from n.b language man

    • @andisetya1757
      @andisetya1757 4 роки тому

      @@hexag0nyt283 n.b?

    • @wife_puncher_bot8483
      @wife_puncher_bot8483 4 роки тому +8

      sAbAh iS pHiLLippiNes
      Edit: basic sarcasm

  • @sophiasframeli
    @sophiasframeli 2 роки тому +5

    I really like how they added in awareness of deforestation and poaching

  • @triamellinia64
    @triamellinia64 3 роки тому +8

    This video is absolute best. Love learning and hearing the magnificent orang utan🌟
    Long life for these beautiful creature

  • @ramennoodle4055
    @ramennoodle4055 7 років тому +76

    I'm Indonesian and it's sad to hear that forests are being cut down for our own resources. I think that preserving the orang utangs are very important. RIP orangutangs

    • @asdflkjgh
      @asdflkjgh 7 років тому +1

      RIP T_T

    • @barakakautsarsofiuddin9288
      @barakakautsarsofiuddin9288 7 років тому

      Same

    • @ultimaxkom8728
      @ultimaxkom8728 6 років тому +5

      Ramen Noodle you can't even spell "Orangutans" right, it's not "Orangutangs" which in Indonesia mean Orang(People)+Utangs(Debt) -> Debt People xD? lol, what a shame...

    • @ultimaxkom8728
      @ultimaxkom8728 5 років тому +1

      @Gen Vuelham
      Ey! Hello Filipino neighbor! It's honestly cool to know that "Utang" also means "Debt" in Filipino :O What about the word people in Filipino? Hihi, anyway we had so many similarities, didn't we =)?

    • @comradezvezda
      @comradezvezda 5 років тому +2

      @@ultimaxkom8728 its actually hutang not utang, but i guess when you say it informally you called it utang

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 5 років тому +14

    3:43 I actually shed a tear.

  • @keviniqbalrodriguez1706
    @keviniqbalrodriguez1706 2 роки тому +2

    This was so well crafted! Thank you!

  • @Toyhouze
    @Toyhouze 2 роки тому +1

    Sees an orangutan driving a golf cart, clicks this video next.

  • @sierramiranda8033
    @sierramiranda8033 7 років тому +49

    I learn more stuff watching these videos than actual school

  • @ahmadtaufikhidayat4218
    @ahmadtaufikhidayat4218 5 років тому +104

    3:18 that's the reason why Indonesian government chose Komodo as a national mascot rather than that cute creature

    • @fajardiniarikamil2712
      @fajardiniarikamil2712 4 роки тому +1

      We have to support our citizen, they can't stay rich if you stop buying palm oil, are you proud indonesian? Buy Palm oil^___^

    • @kapitanbach7411
      @kapitanbach7411 4 роки тому +28

      @@fajardiniarikamil2712 yes kill the orangutans for palm oil for money. that is very considerate of our ending planet and for the animals.

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 4 роки тому

      Ah... I felt sorry for Orangutans in Riau Province

    • @sulthanfaez1135
      @sulthanfaez1135 4 роки тому +12

      Fajar diniari kamil what in the world is wrong with you?!

    • @ahmadtaufikhidayat4218
      @ahmadtaufikhidayat4218 4 роки тому +22

      @@fajardiniarikamil2712 no I'm not, as an Indonesian it's such a shame for me to consume products from palm oil industry, it's like drink orang utan blood that's being killed.

  • @TheAmritabha
    @TheAmritabha 2 роки тому +6

    Here after watching orangutan driving golf cart

  • @floodlime8620
    @floodlime8620 2 роки тому +3

    This is wonderful. I always thought I knew a lot about animals, but this blew my mind!

  • @thomasrichardson5425
    @thomasrichardson5425 7 років тому +22

    i've heard they also belch loudly to alert others to stay out of their territory

    • @wesjales5578
      @wesjales5578 7 років тому +29

      Same goes with humans but with guns.

    • @computo2000
      @computo2000 7 років тому +4

      If you live in murica, that is.

  • @Turtleduckman
    @Turtleduckman 5 років тому +4

    This deserves a lot more views and likes.

  • @a.m.1052
    @a.m.1052 2 роки тому

    I love orangutans. The ending was such a great reminder of how connected we are to them.

  • @sethsassy
    @sethsassy 2 роки тому +1

    Only 30,000 left!?! That's heartbreaking.

  • @arunimakarali2971
    @arunimakarali2971 4 роки тому +17

    4:10 me during entire lockdown, even right now

  • @patricksquinlan1
    @patricksquinlan1 2 роки тому +286

    I love how the major unsolvable problem orangutans face is basically us. There is something deeply wrong with us, that we need to change somehow if this world is to survive.

    • @zoyadulzura7490
      @zoyadulzura7490 2 роки тому

      Hopefully we as a species can turn things around before it's too late for orangutans and so many other species that the activities of profit-hungry capitalists threaten.

    • @patricksquinlan1
      @patricksquinlan1 2 роки тому

      @@zoyadulzura7490 I see your point. If only it were just capitalists. The nuclear weapons Vladimir Putin is sitting on were built, for the most part, by communists. It's really people in their billions, multiplying like rabbits, and chewing up the natural world around them like termites. While believing, often enough, that God told them to do this.

    • @peterparker9954
      @peterparker9954 2 роки тому

      We are killing our own kind, forget about other species

    • @125discipline2
      @125discipline2 Рік тому +11

      greed

    • @watcher9920
      @watcher9920 10 місяців тому +3

      Capitalism

  • @marcusmors8485
    @marcusmors8485 2 роки тому +5

    every time i come to this video, my eyes get wet, ready to drop some tears. It's incredible we believe we are alone or we are the ones ("we are humans, not animals", making the millions of species animals but just us not. Such a weird thing to think)

  • @kapybara8079
    @kapybara8079 2 роки тому +1

    I just watched an orangutan driving a golf cart, I'm in love with them now

  • @Herowebcomics
    @Herowebcomics Рік тому

    I like the art style and the facts!
    This is awesome!

  • @constellations_0
    @constellations_0 3 роки тому +9

    1:31 the way they’re sitting just make me laugh!

    • @arashi1574
      @arashi1574 3 роки тому

      Chad posture

    • @adiabd1
      @adiabd1 3 роки тому

      Apes together strong

  • @MahaHMA
    @MahaHMA 4 роки тому +13

    3:55 and in Arabic it is "the human of the forest"

  • @nutmagnet22
    @nutmagnet22 2 роки тому +18

    We had an orang that would take his tricycle apart and put it back together. It was taken away from him when he started prying on the chain link.Former language project animal.He knew over 100 sign language signs.

  • @thedeathofabachelor8782
    @thedeathofabachelor8782 3 роки тому +38

    Video: talking how orangutans are extremely smart, comparable to a human being in their fist years, how they are capable of making tools and learning basic patterns as well as they are self aware
    Coments: *wheeze* S O U P F R U I T F U N N Y

  • @citratampubolon1809
    @citratampubolon1809 6 років тому +106

    I am Indonesian, living in Java to be exact.
    A brief: We have more than 17.000 islands, and our population is about 250.000.000 people, where almost 200 millions of them live only in Java and Bali. I would say this is why our people are less concerned about the other islands such Borneo and Sumatra where deforestation occurs the most; simply because it doesn't have a direct impact in our lives. We hardly get paid for our daily needs, how do we take care of other things like that? I mean we don't have a choice.
    The second reason is that we are developing country, we need money to feed poor people in small cities. Thus, we let foreign investors to invest in such industry because we are helpless to process our own natural resources.
    So would you rather to; save the orangutans and let the number of unemployment raise, or just leave it that way.
    My friends who live in Borneo say that the haze happen every year due to the deforestation, that it becomes a common thing.
    One local actor said that: Indonesia is not a POOR country, Indonesia is POORLY MANAGED country.

    • @InternetChromer
      @InternetChromer 6 років тому +6

      thank u.
      its what I thought from the situation.
      its tragic but normal that we will destroy the world more because
      of the problem u show and its not just indonesia.
      But is there no kind of possibility for reforstation?

    • @Nurutomo
      @Nurutomo 5 років тому

      Sama

    • @Ms_Nish
      @Ms_Nish 5 років тому +18

      Yes but poor choices have poor consequences. I would consider it a poor choice to continue to allow deforestation to happen, destroying thousands of acres of natural rainforest that is home to an endangered species. The consequence would inevitably lead to extinction, which is horrible... no matter how many people are employed- it's not worth losing a beautiful, intelligent species over. Ever.

    • @markwiering
      @markwiering 5 років тому +3

      This is why the Netherlands never should have granted Indonesia independence. Your country would perform much better under Dutch rule.

    • @Vipeyyyy
      @Vipeyyyy 5 років тому +13

      Mark Wiering no ones granted Indonesia independence, not even japan. Indonesia do it by itself

  • @ProlePatrolMusic
    @ProlePatrolMusic 7 років тому +513

    not as smart as Harambe thats for sure

  • @NoisqueVoaProduction
    @NoisqueVoaProduction 3 роки тому +4

    3:02
    ... i'm not sure I would have that idea

  • @shadoradow9335
    @shadoradow9335 Рік тому +3

    So cute animation ❤️. Loved the explanation.

  • @optiTHOMAS
    @optiTHOMAS 2 роки тому +3

    I love all the primates so much! this artstyle is great too! it reminds me of Craig McCracken's old cartoon artsyles! great stuff!😁👍❤️

  • @seyithandogan1925
    @seyithandogan1925 3 роки тому +5

    I so like this kind of animal, they're very smart and practical, perhaps we should learn something from theirs.

  • @beauguintu9077
    @beauguintu9077 Рік тому +1

    Bro made me watch this instead of nemorizing my math formula.

  • @BigC88854
    @BigC88854 2 роки тому +1

    So we are not going to talk about how awesome the animation is?

  • @checkle1
    @checkle1 2 роки тому +8

    I have only been excited to see orangutans one time at a zoo. Once we got there, the orangutan stared at me and my partner with unflinching apathy for a couple minutes before we just walked away kind of shook. I try not to anthropomorphize, being a marine biologist, i know how silly it is when humans do that, but it just seemed different with orangutans. Anyway, I felt like it shouldn't be kept in a zoo and we didn't deserve the show.

  • @vikikarvikikar4804
    @vikikarvikikar4804 5 років тому +3

    Tha parrot sound in the beginning is from serious sam 2

  • @cavangriffin1514
    @cavangriffin1514 3 роки тому +1

    Man orangutans really do be just better versions of human beings

  • @apricity8340
    @apricity8340 9 місяців тому

    Love this channel

  • @srs6128
    @srs6128 2 роки тому +3

    smart enough to drive a car

  • @treediots6744
    @treediots6744 4 роки тому +3

    👏THIS👏IS👏SO👏GREATLY👏ANIMATED👏

  • @anthonyr622
    @anthonyr622 2 роки тому +1

    “Creepy smiling orangutan stare”

  • @MaythemCoffery
    @MaythemCoffery 3 роки тому +6

    Alternate title
    "How smart is forest people."

  • @theosnelson1639
    @theosnelson1639 7 років тому +44

    Just out of interest, how do you know if an animal has recognised itself in a mirror?

    • @TheYoungFilmmaker
      @TheYoungFilmmaker 7 років тому +69

      The orangutans recognise that there is a mark on their face which was put there by scientists

    • @joeschmoe5063
      @joeschmoe5063 7 років тому +35

      The test is debatable in its legitimacy, but the procedure is the animal is anesthetized and paint is put on a place that the animal can't see themselves like their face. If the animal touches the paint spot while looking in the mirror it's assumed they recognize themselves.

    • @cheeksweeper9678
      @cheeksweeper9678 4 роки тому

      What about dolphins, how do they touch their face. They have self awareness as well

    • @muhammadhabibalfarabi568
      @muhammadhabibalfarabi568 4 роки тому

      @@cheeksweeper9678 dude, imagine those dolphines have fingers or at least longer arms

  • @milk7803
    @milk7803 3 роки тому +33

    "Orangatangs live high above the ground"
    Me : and they are thicc

  • @cheesedood1640
    @cheesedood1640 2 роки тому +1

    “How smart are orangutans?”
    *Smiling Orangutan* : 😈

  • @Billion1B
    @Billion1B 2 роки тому +2

    Smarter than most humans of course.

  • @2huplayer831
    @2huplayer831 4 роки тому +6

    0:49 - 0:52 when i just have my hair cut

  • @arleneazurin
    @arleneazurin 4 роки тому +3

    Lesson learned:
    They are smarter than me.

  • @eevee-pika
    @eevee-pika 2 роки тому

    This brings me back to my favorite Edger Allen Poe storie.

  • @shotguntornado
    @shotguntornado 2 роки тому

    A few years ago, I watched a young orangutan at the Phoenix zoo as she fiddled with a thin blanket and a rope. One end of the rope was attached to a high branch so she could swing around from her tree house, and the other end was a small ring that held the rope together. I couldn't figure out what she was doing. She sat there for a full couple minutes, focusing on the ring at the end of the rope, totally carefree to my presence.
    Suddenly, progress.
    She managed to feed the blanket through the ring, and pulled it until both ends dangled freely at the end of the rope, effectively extending its swinging radius an extra few feet.
    She proceeded to try it out, now able to swing from the treehouse all the way down to her ground, and-more impressively-all the way back up. I laughed in joy and considered how lucky I was to have witnessed such a clever display, but looking back, I bet that orangutan was always coming up with new tools and toys and contraptions. Marvelous creatures.

  • @Diffidense
    @Diffidense 4 роки тому +9

    About "Fruit Soup" TED-Ed is a channel with over 10 million subscribers, this a fully animated video and the lady reading is extremely skilled. There is no way on earth that they meant juice, after all, this is an orangutan we're talking about, it was probably specifically made for orangutans and technically wouldn't count as juice.

    • @simpleplan100687
      @simpleplan100687 2 роки тому

      It’s probably extra pulpy, something thicker like an ice cream malt

  • @globin3477
    @globin3477 5 років тому +3

    Near as I can tell, the best way to remove palm oil from your diet is to avoid buying any premade baked goods or candy- only buy ingredients, and bake sweets yourself if you want them.
    Just about any baked or processed product contains palm oil these days.

  • @egretta2863
    @egretta2863 3 роки тому

    For the people wondering
    Fruit soup and Juice is different in Indonesia.
    Fruit soup (sop buah) is some sort of beverages with different type of fruit chopped than flooded with milk/syrup/anything you like
    -A bored Indonesian person

  • @rd-pj5tk
    @rd-pj5tk 2 роки тому

    The most important TED-Ed video