Your Life as an Orangutan

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  • Опубліковано 7 тра 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 місяці тому +777

    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 місяці тому +31

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

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq 2 місяці тому +25

      tbh some ppl arr dumber than orangutans

    • @krispingle
      @krispingle 2 місяці тому +3

      Its accurate we make an active choice

    • @RandomYT05_01
      @RandomYT05_01 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому

      ​@@God-ch8lq Black people

  • @leflamewolf
    @leflamewolf 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @darkpandalord3844
    @darkpandalord3844 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +12

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

    • @DontLookNowBuddy
      @DontLookNowBuddy 2 місяці тому +5

      Why have sweat glands when it basically rains everyday?

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq 4 дні тому

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

    • @tinobemellow
      @tinobemellow 17 годин тому

      That and sinuses. Those two things are where all the problems began, sinuses and sweat glands.

  • @Orangutanluvr84
    @Orangutanluvr84 2 місяці тому +119

    THE MEDICINE WOUND JOKE MADE MY ORANGUTAN RESEARCHER HEART HAPPY

    • @RyRy2057
      @RyRy2057 2 місяці тому +8

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

    • @Orangutanluvr84
      @Orangutanluvr84 2 місяці тому

      @@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.

  • @FrankBlaskovich
    @FrankBlaskovich 2 місяці тому +110

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

  • @Rainbow_Sish_Kabob
    @Rainbow_Sish_Kabob 2 місяці тому +67

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

  • @justaguyontheinternet3893
    @justaguyontheinternet3893 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +33

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

    • @justaguyontheinternet3893
      @justaguyontheinternet3893 2 місяці тому +10

      @@DaleEarndhardt that was certainly a 10/10 moment

    • @carbonatedmoose7872
      @carbonatedmoose7872 2 місяці тому +1

      Which video was that or am I getting pranked?

    • @KiraiKatsuji
      @KiraiKatsuji 2 місяці тому +9

      @@carbonatedmoose7872 The one where he does the dragon dance

    • @cesaremarianopasqui7535
      @cesaremarianopasqui7535 2 місяці тому +2

      Second option boy​@@carbonatedmoose7872

  • @trevorlee7953
    @trevorlee7953 2 місяці тому +38

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

  • @IC3XR
    @IC3XR 2 місяці тому +41

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

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 2 місяці тому +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!

  • @Real_Arthur_Morgan1863
    @Real_Arthur_Morgan1863 2 місяці тому +34

    This is genuinely my favorite series of youtube videos.

  • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
    @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +13

      Denisovans are a species of human

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +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 місяці тому

      Yucky

    • @lokiserpentem8534
      @lokiserpentem8534 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @gabrielneri2820
    @gabrielneri2820 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +1

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

  • @DnDj282
    @DnDj282 2 місяці тому +52

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

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 місяці тому +6

      Catches up with all of us

  • @docu-menter2702
    @docu-menter2702 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +23

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

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 місяці тому +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 2 місяці тому +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

  • @eddiebendigo7317
    @eddiebendigo7317 2 місяці тому +14

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

  • @vincentclark5739
    @vincentclark5739 2 місяці тому +20

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

  • @coffe9422
    @coffe9422 Місяць тому +31

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

  • @bruh8025
    @bruh8025 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому

      He will teaching that method to the generation bellow him

  • @riskybusinessish
    @riskybusinessish 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +1

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

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 місяці тому

      @@riskybusinessish Orangutans are great teachers, right?!

  • @Quad-px6ru
    @Quad-px6ru 2 місяці тому +13

    keep making these their making the depression go away

  • @aVerveQuest
    @aVerveQuest 2 місяці тому +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

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster7877 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @lucasrh6910
    @lucasrh6910 2 місяці тому +19

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

  • @hemlockshrooms2786
    @hemlockshrooms2786 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +2

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

  • @marcusyapmingfeng306
    @marcusyapmingfeng306 2 місяці тому +24

    Ngl I saw the Orangutan using medicinal plant referenced here.

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 2 місяці тому +4

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

  • @petarmilich8684
    @petarmilich8684 2 місяці тому +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 UA-cam without an age restriction.

  • @TJ-hg6op
    @TJ-hg6op 2 місяці тому +16

    Breaking News: Orangutans are reportedly chill like that

  • @Jade_1872
    @Jade_1872 2 місяці тому +20

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

  • @sophray5467
    @sophray5467 2 місяці тому +13

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

  • @Orangutanluvr84
    @Orangutanluvr84 2 місяці тому +18

    As a certified orangutan lover, I deeply appreciate this.

  • @HipsterLumberjack
    @HipsterLumberjack 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +15

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

  • @dudewithbasicpfp2439
    @dudewithbasicpfp2439 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +2

      Thank you, more to come!

  • @asin8757
    @asin8757 Місяць тому +15

    The recent popular culture jokes are a nice touch

  • @Mr.idk.idc190
    @Mr.idk.idc190 2 місяці тому +17

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

  • @grandpac6044
    @grandpac6044 2 місяці тому +14

    6:28 The John cena disappearance 😂😂

  • @male272
    @male272 2 місяці тому +14

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

  • @davidoh14
    @davidoh14 2 місяці тому +9

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

  • @Andrej-tt1yi
    @Andrej-tt1yi 2 місяці тому +15

    Indonesian proverb reference and medical leafs. Nice.

  • @Arioncluster
    @Arioncluster 13 днів тому +6

    6:38 Tiger is back!

  • @JohanDuck
    @JohanDuck 2 місяці тому +9

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

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 2 місяці тому +6

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

  • @katelynrushe9025
    @katelynrushe9025 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @MrMannerless
    @MrMannerless 2 місяці тому +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!

  • @indianlibertarian6925
    @indianlibertarian6925 2 місяці тому +7

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

  • @tonatiuhnino3711
    @tonatiuhnino3711 Місяць тому +10

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

  • @FreddyRangel85
    @FreddyRangel85 2 місяці тому +7

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

  • @radicalradish
    @radicalradish 2 місяці тому +24

    God I love orangutans so much

  • @jansasiadek2507
    @jansasiadek2507 2 місяці тому +16

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

    • @sephikong8323
      @sephikong8323 2 місяці тому +2

      Tutangutan III was my favorite pharaoh

  • @mehemmedmemmedov4937
    @mehemmedmemmedov4937 2 місяці тому +15

    Do life as a bonobo

  • @exalt2674
    @exalt2674 2 місяці тому +12

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

  • @FrankBlaskovich
    @FrankBlaskovich 2 місяці тому +7

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

  • @Cara-39
    @Cara-39 2 місяці тому +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!!

  • @grandpac6044
    @grandpac6044 2 місяці тому +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…

  • @GRKSAN001
    @GRKSAN001 2 місяці тому +5

    I LOVE JAMES TOLAND VIDEOS! 🤩🫶🏽

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 Місяць тому +7

    This should be getting SO MUCH MORE ATTENTION than it gets

  • @KingofAces5912
    @KingofAces5912 2 місяці тому +5

    I am SO GLAD you still make these!

  • @bolo_ants
    @bolo_ants Місяць тому +23

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

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Місяць тому +1

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

    • @bolo_ants
      @bolo_ants Місяць тому

      @@brandonlyon730 most queens have a specific type of upbringing

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Місяць тому

      @@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 Місяць тому

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

    • @bolo_ants
      @bolo_ants Місяць тому +1

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

  • @lymb3914
    @lymb3914 2 місяці тому +17

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

  • @frogglen6350
    @frogglen6350 2 місяці тому +8

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

  • @marcdean4311
    @marcdean4311 2 місяці тому +6

    nice touch with the self medication reference

  • @GlassMelon
    @GlassMelon 2 місяці тому +6

    The animations get better and better with each video.

  • @mission.to.aether.1
    @mission.to.aether.1 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +1

      Humans are hyper inteligent primates already

  • @THECHEESELORD69
    @THECHEESELORD69 2 місяці тому +19

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

  • @CenturionMkXIII
    @CenturionMkXIII 2 місяці тому +10

    My god i love orangutans

  • @cro-magnoncarol4017
    @cro-magnoncarol4017 2 місяці тому +19

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

  • @BhaalDacco
    @BhaalDacco 2 місяці тому +8

    pls never stop im your biggest fan

  • @HioshimaFried
    @HioshimaFried 2 місяці тому +4

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

  • @ascenscionstallion2993
    @ascenscionstallion2993 2 місяці тому +9

    This video is one of your best

  • @rayhanmustakim7073
    @rayhanmustakim7073 Місяць тому +20

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

  • @spacereturn8429
    @spacereturn8429 2 місяці тому +6

    James follows orangutan news pretty well

  • @coltonkeeslingcomedy8699
    @coltonkeeslingcomedy8699 Місяць тому +14

    I never knew orangutans ate fish

  • @TheTruthAlwaysWins169
    @TheTruthAlwaysWins169 Місяць тому +8

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

  • @tqtechmentor
    @tqtechmentor 2 місяці тому +7

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

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 місяці тому

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @flibbernodgets7018
    @flibbernodgets7018 2 місяці тому +4

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

  • @supersaiyandiclonius3056
    @supersaiyandiclonius3056 Місяць тому +16

    I'd love to see your take on bonobos.

  • @ry1786
    @ry1786 2 місяці тому +9

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

  • @ChupacabraRex
    @ChupacabraRex 2 місяці тому +8

    This is my new headcanon.

  • @alphaaquilla1359
    @alphaaquilla1359 2 місяці тому +9

    life of an orca, osprey, termite and meerkat pls

  • @robertdefoe2396
    @robertdefoe2396 2 місяці тому +13

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

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 2 місяці тому +1

      🤣🤣

  • @spacesui-t
    @spacesui-t 2 місяці тому +9

    This is a story about orangutan named Stanly

  • @tlange5091
    @tlange5091 2 місяці тому +3

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

  • @CommieApe
    @CommieApe 2 місяці тому +5

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

  • @johnbrock7991
    @johnbrock7991 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +14

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

  • @Monkey36044
    @Monkey36044 Місяць тому +5

    Gotta love this dry humor way of telling things.

  • @The_Captainn
    @The_Captainn 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic work as always!

  • @DDViking
    @DDViking 2 місяці тому +5

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

  • @citrus5797
    @citrus5797 Місяць тому +7

    This is great! Orangutans are clearly the best ape.

  • @ehta2413
    @ehta2413 2 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +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 місяці тому

      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

  • @garysworldfun
    @garysworldfun 2 місяці тому +8

    he would be a good librarian

  • @hevillepeacefoot8647
    @hevillepeacefoot8647 2 місяці тому +8

    I love all the meme references

  • @toadwiiremotewithwiimotion4151
    @toadwiiremotewithwiimotion4151 2 місяці тому +1

    Super underrated creator, love your videos man

  • @GarryDKing
    @GarryDKing 2 місяці тому +6

    This one's the funniest one yet!

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 місяці тому

      Thank you! Really appreciated it!

  • @GramLikesBread
    @GramLikesBread 2 місяці тому +12

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

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  2 місяці тому +3

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

  • @hypnoticskull6342
    @hypnoticskull6342 2 місяці тому +6

    8:33
    Top 10 best anime battles

  • @iCuddleAfter6
    @iCuddleAfter6 2 місяці тому +7

    Another your life as video, thats bananas