Manfred is just 3 years old, he has grown as a brave little orangutan. He is very good at mingling with other orangutans who are in the same group as him at forest school. Almost all the orangutans in the group are close to Manfred and seem to love him very much. The development of Manfred’s forest school also increased quite a fast from before. His closest friend till now is still Tom (male, 4 years old), although he has made a new friends such as Victoria (female, 7 years old), Boss Benni (male, 8 years old) and Jacques (male, 7 years old) who is recently joined Manfred’s group at the end of April 2021. Manfred still looks for Tom if he feels they are too far from each other, although sometimes he forgets with him when he is too busy playing with Victoria and other orangutans.
While at forest school, Manfred spent a lot of time exploring the forest with Victoria and Bos Benni, he learned a lot about finding food from them who have good forest school skills. They will explore the forest in the morning when the weather is not too hot and during the day they will play a lot on the forest floor when the weather is too hot due to the current dry season in Sintang. Usually, when other orangutans are playing wrestling, Manfred will look from afar like he is predicting the right time to join and when the time is right he will suddenly come forward without fear and join in the wrestling. But usually, he will immediately run if he feels the opponent playing wrestling is too stronger and not comparable to his strength. He is very brave and fearless even though he is the youngest orangutan in his group.
Manfred with Bos Benni
Manfred with Tom
Manfred with Victoria
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