How Denver Zoo’s Orangutan Family Reacted to LIVE Music from the Colorado Symphony

When we hatched a plan with the Denver Zoo to treat their Sumatran orangutan family—Berani, Nias, Cerah and Hesty— to LIVE music from the Colorado Symphony, we knew we were in store for something truly special.

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[BeyondEcho]

Okay, but can we all agree Hesti (Hesty?) actually looks like a teenage daughter...hair and all?

[marydonohoe]

The smile on the face of the male is delightful!

[lin]

nice to see humans performing for animals. times they are a changing.

[madmoran]

Thank you for this upload. That smile on the males face was the most sincere facial expression of happiness . Good job all

[martysmith]

You just know, that big male would've shouted "PLAY FREE BIRD!!" if he could have formed the words.

[EliseLogan]

Berani is me listening to classical... just chilling, enjoying it, and sipping my drink. Yup. Seems about right.

[wendysomers]

Dad was smiling the whole time. Orangutans are awesome!!

[ostrobogulous]

They were quite the "captive" respectful audience!!!!🤣 Love the hairdos, too!!!

[elsa]

Awesome.
As the zookeeper said, it makes me happy to see these beautiful orangutans happy. 😀🎻

[lindabederio]

That smile on the Orang Dads face is one of the best things I’ve ever seen.

[VickieV]

This is so special. I’m glad I stumbled upon this.

[nidhisawant]

It is fascinating to see how they give off similar vibes like a human family. The older daughter is in her high school teenager era and the mom is just a tired lady who has to look after a baby and the male was a typical dad lol

[ashleyklotz]

If no one knows, this isn't the only video they've done, and there are also videos from other zoo's where the orchestra went and played for them, theres 1 of an Australian guy playing a didgeridoo for elephants, their reactions were just amazing

[zuzellogan]

Ahhh, gorgeous creatures and so lovely to see them react to the clasifícale music. The smile the orangutan has on his face is really sweet and delightful……just PRICELESS! Love this video and the orangutans, they are so very lovely and adorable 🥰 God bless them all with a health and a very long life. Magical video, awesome 👏

[silviavoss]

I believe they truly enjoyed the beautiful variety of music, so special!

[secretariatgirl]

I bet if they had repeat performances they would really get even more interested!

[patriciamurfitt]

His eyes were completely on those musicians 🥰 I wish the zoos would do a whole lot more to entertain all the animals

[ohjoy]

Thanks for doing this. And the face on the baby at 2:18 is priceless!

[Tiger]

At the end of it the orangutan said "play it again Sam" but it was edited out.

[bansisirkiclass.]

Lucky ones. Yeah that was awesome 'seeing them happy makes me feel happy.'