This video highlights how dangerous it can be to be too close to animals in cages.
A video of an orangutan at a zoo in Indonesia has gone viral online. The video shows the primate holding the T-shirt of a visitor to the zoo. The recording is from the Kasang Kulim Zoo and has sparked a heated debate among social media users regarding the condition of the animals in the zoo.
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In the video you can see that a man is approaching the orangutan enclosure. The ape, which does not like the visitor’s presence, reaches over and grabs the man’s T-shirt with great force. The primate refuses to leave as another visitor arrives to help the trapped man. The orangutan then also grabs the visitor’s leg and refuses to leave.
With the video garnering over 13 million views, the zoo also posted a clarification on its Instagram page. A translation of the caption reads, “Explanation from @ipin_chill on the video widely circulated on social media, what happened with Kasangkulim Zoo is very unfortunate. We, from Kasangkulim Zoo, apologize and hope it doesn’t happen again Will happen. “
The man reportedly crossed a barrier that was intended to keep visitors away from the enclosure to take a close-up picture of the orangutan.
This video highlights how dangerous it can be to be too close to animals in cages. A zookeeper in Jamaica recently had his finger amputated by a lion after patting his hand through the bars of his cage. Viral footage has captured the horrific moment in which the man can be seen desperately trying to pull his hand, while the lion keeps holding on to it.
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