These incredible pictures of orangutans swimming in an Indonesianriver have left wildlife experts stunned.Playing on the Rungan River, near to Palas Island on Borneo, theseorangutans can be seen swimming and submerging themselves in the muddywaters.For experts the behaviour of these orangutans – who like all apes havea natural fear of water because of predators such as crocodiles -could prove to be a significant step forward in their evolution.“This is a rarity – to see orangutans coming down for a swim isunheard of in the wild,” says Simon Husson – project advisor andscientific consultant for Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation.“However, we know that orangutans are intelligent and innovative."Source
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