New orangutan exhibit allows them to climb high above zoo visitors

A new state-of-the-art habitat at the Toronto Zoo will allow the Orangutans to travel around high above visitors heads. Audra Brown with how the cable and tower exhibit is designed to let the apes come and go without the usual barricades.

[@BatKodi]

That is amazing!

[@em945]

Sounds brilliant. Hope it goes smoothly.
Congrats to those involved.

[@margaretpatricio1162]

I got a question: where are the Orangutan during the long winters?

[@lanewaldon6450]

Most zoos have both indoor areas and outdoor areas for animals to get out of weather, for privacy and for zoo staff to isolate and work with individual animals.

[@johnmatelski6413]

sometimes people fall over when they are walking. I would be seriously concerned about the liability of having hundreds of pounds of orangutan falling on someone from several stories above. if that happened, the person would definitely die. maybe I'm disillusioned by the recent titan submersible incident, but I would opt for safety nets at the very least. even if it is extremely unlikely, wait for long enough, and it will happen.

[@darkclawgreatonenas]

thats actually a problem for Orangs in the wild, many of them have broken bones from falls, though add to that, they use swaying on younger, thinner trucked trees as a method to get around their homes as well

[@jpatherton2415]

Yeah this seems like something they would approve in the 60s, but I'm ok with people having to pay attention to their surroundings a bit more. They should put up an "At your own risk" sign for those areas.

[@chrisgraham2904]

One would assume that orangutans are far more skilled at navigating such heights, but if they have not previously had these type of structures available to them, the structures are very new to them and these captive animals could have issues.

[@darkclawgreatonenas]

@@chrisgraham2904 skill they have, certainly, but as I said, falls in the wild are actually quite common for Orangs, and many will have broken bones from falls in their lifetimes.

[@jonaswhite5842]

It would be the first recorded fatality caused by Orang. I think we owe em a few...

[@alicethomasse5309]

Yyyeess but there is not an tree!!! Is not good so sorry, you do youre best,but er must be trees!!! For building an nest!!! Leeves you no!!

[@raymonko]

CityNews your videos are not stereo for some reason. It comes as mono from one speaker if you are using a headphone

[@jamieparkes1642]

That’s a stuffed animal. The real creatures are still refusing to use the new exhibit. What sort of journalist are you?