Victoria playing in a puddle to cool off in hot weather
In the rainforests of Borneo, temperatures rise quickly to a sweaty 30 degrees Celsius. Many orangutans will build a nest in the afternoon and have a nap. In the forest school, the youngsters like to play in a puddle to cool off.
Victoria and Hope probably have the most fun. They like to wrestle in the water until they are covered with mud. One time, Hope and Victoria were seen lying stretched out in the cool water, like old ladies in a spa. Recently, they have discovered another puddle.
Victoria lying stretched out in the cool water
Victoria wrestle in the water until she covered with mud
Victoria (7) is close friends with Beni (8). Recently, Beni decided to take their relationship a step further: he tried to mate with Victoria. Victoria didn’t appreciate it and cried out loud when Beni made his move. Although both are close to puberty, Victoria is too young to become pregnant.
Victoria and Beni recently played a game that came straight out of a Hollywood movie. Holding a liana tightly with two hands they swung back and forth between two trees. After that they went to play in a puddle, which is quite the thing do now among the youngsters at the forest school. Sometimes Victoria is so occupied with playing with Beni that she even forgets to build a nest.
Every day, the orangutans are offered leafy branches. They can eat the leaves and the bark, play with them, or they can use them to for practical uses, like building nests. Victoria likes to use the leaves as a hat against the sun or as pillow to lie on as well. The leafy branches are meant to stimulate this kind of creativity and problem solving, so we are very happy to see that Victoria is making good use of them.
Victoria eating tree bark in forest school
Victoria eats forest fruit and makes it look like she’s wearing lipstick
because of the sap from the fruit
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