New Orangutan Species Filmed for First Time

Watch the first moving images of a Tapanuli orangutan mother and her infant.

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“Primates: Episode Two 'Family Matters'“ premieres November 11, 2020, at 8|7c on PBS.

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Watch the first moving images of a Tapanuli orangutan mother and her infant. When the Tapanuli orangutan was named in 2017, it became the newest, and in the same moment, most endangered great ape on Earth.

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[Okamikurainya]

Makes you wonder what else lays unfilmed in the remote corners of the world...

[gurburgandr]

Glad to know Orang inc is still making new designs.

[pinchman]

Human: "Oh my gosh a new species!"
Orangutan: "Yo, what the fuck is that thing?"

[iamnot]

It's crazy that we've just discovered this new orangutan species, just puts to show how little we know about our planet. If there's still that much more to discover on land, imagine what we could find in the oceans.

[jamesmccreery]

"Deeper into the forest! The hairless ones have found us"!

[quantumcat]

With the beard and the separation of his hair in the center, he looks like my neighbor albeit much more good looking.

[GreyLeo]

Humans: We found a new Orangutan species

Orangutans:Ah shoot here we go again.

[pangolothian]

Yo this is like the shiny versions of Pokemon but real life.

[fpsserbia]

The way camera is positioned and the way this narrator talks i felt need to hide so i don t accidentally scare orangutan.

[Falafelzebub]

Newly discovered and already endangered. When are we ever gonna get some good news about the wild? 😐

[karaouilaredj]

"Their lost world is no longer a secret...In fact" is no longer safe.

[SuperTintenfisch]

Damn the intelligence in their look is incredible

[CharDhue]

It's called "newly discovered species" becouse just recognize them as different species than the sumatran orangutan. They were there and people (especially tapanuli people) knew they exist there and thou there sub-species
It's number soo low becouse they just living there in one mountain that's relatively not soo wide compared to the whole island

[Damnto]

When I look into an orangutan’s eyes I always think “what’re thinking about?” and it always looks like they think the same thing about me. What a wonderful thing to watch while tired and kinda high makes you feel better about the world

[amrualwi]

I think poachers have seen all the species we haven’t seen in the jungle

[Trund]

Such gorgeous creatures. I hate how so many species are in terrible danger of extinction.

[leahtemplar]

"New" newly discovered is more accurate

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

A hydropower project (Batang Toru hydropower project) is planned to be constructed in the area of the highest density of these orangutans
And while using hydropower can be a good thing, this time around, it will affect this species big time. Luckily, however, the construction was delayed in 2020 due to funding concerns about the environment and COVID

[-umbra-]

"Return to Monke friend" *reaches for your hand* 2:41

[ginevragali]

Oh, that’s just great! Another beautiful, endangered species for me to worry about!