San Diego Zoo's legendary orangutan escape artist in 1987 1988 and 2000

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  • @LonnieLawless
    @LonnieLawless ปีที่แล้ว +71

    That was a wonderful time to be growing up in the City. RIP Ken Allen, you were loved by all.

  • @GODCONVOYPRIME
    @GODCONVOYPRIME 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Ken Allen is an American Hero and a great Patriot.

  • @LSheWolf84
    @LSheWolf84 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Rest in peace Ken Allen, the sweet prince of the San Diego zoo. You will always be remembered and terribly missed.

    • @Steve52344
      @Steve52344 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I wish I would've known him.

  • @vjc2270
    @vjc2270 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Orangutans are amazing. I love that he was called “Ken Allen”. ❤❤

    • @kunitherock
      @kunitherock หลายเดือนก่อน

      he was named after the two keepers who took care of him as a child !

  • @AnarinaTV
    @AnarinaTV ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I love his name. Rest in peace Ken Allen. ❤❤❤

  • @j5nephews558
    @j5nephews558 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Ken Allen was one of a kind and a great example of the intelligence and compassion of animals. Humans could take a lesson from him

  • @tpolerex7282
    @tpolerex7282 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    We used to often go to that never visited south east corner of the exhibit where Ken mostly escaped from and we saw him often still hanging down there planning yet another illicit excursion no doubt.

  • @Jay-ThundaBolt
    @Jay-ThundaBolt ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Ken Allen I'm sorry about your passing as I heard for the very first time. You were a strong Orangutan with intelligence held in captivity even though you were the biggest part of San Diego's family of the zoo. You will always be deeply missed. R.I.P. Mr Ken Allen sorry you had cancer 🙏🙏🙏💐🌹🌺🌸💮🌻🌻💐🌹🌺🌷🌸💮

  • @wildrose302
    @wildrose302 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He was legendary!

  • @liberatedwoman
    @liberatedwoman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    He’s an ambassador of goodwill.

  • @SavoxYT
    @SavoxYT ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Orang Gang represent!

  • @vitaluna1568
    @vitaluna1568 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    RIP Kenny!
    Seems to be very gentle.

  • @CherieMagnus
    @CherieMagnus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ken Allen, I’m so sorry we never met. Rest In Peace, my friend.

  • @ForestGirlTeresa
    @ForestGirlTeresa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact that Ken Allen wanted to escape shows he wasn’t content to stay in his enclosure. He needed a whole forest to roam in. 😢

  • @MakeupMobster
    @MakeupMobster ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wonder if this is the same orangutan that broke the glass when I was there as a kid! I have a photo of the broken glass. Zoo keepers told us he had broke that glass many times and also had escaped. My brother was playing with a Gumby toy he found in the zoo and the orangutan was sitting by the glass watching my brother play with it. He decided to grab a rock and was tapping on the glass and finally the entire pane of glass shattered! Thank god it was tempered glass! Everyone who was standing there ran in fear! My mom left me and my brother in her dust as she ran screaming for help! My dad was no where to be found and my mom was scared he was back there wrestling the orangutan. When we got back to the enclosure, my dad was standing there laughing. The orangutan, much like the people, got spooked when the glass shattered and he took off running in the opposite direction. My dad was the only one who stayed and watched! Everyone else took off running! This was back in the 80’s so I wonder if this was the same orangutan

  • @rickwilliams967
    @rickwilliams967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can never wrap my head around the fact that these animals are able to escape. It shouldn't be possible. Build a box with a glass or strong wire roof (to allow for trees and sunlight, essentially a greenhouse) and no walls that could be climbed. Then lock the damn door. How are you people not able to accomplish this?

  • @Greylock21
    @Greylock21 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ken Allen
    You have complete freedom now. But your Forever Caregiver is your lifelong 🧡 friend. Be at peace sweet boy.

  • @swamp5050
    @swamp5050 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He was trying to make his way to the beach for a bit of surfing, I'm sure he would have gotten a lift and a beer had he made it to the parking lot! The legend lives on....😎

  • @Steve52344
    @Steve52344 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This kills me. Ken Allen. So wonderful.

  • @fluffyrivermonster
    @fluffyrivermonster ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wonder if he kept getting out because he was bored? It's sad when a beloved zoo animal dies. I remember Olga a walrus at the Brookfield zoo in Illinois. I saw her several times when I was a small child. I went there again in 8th grade. I came home crying telling my dad she had died and was no longer there.

    • @cshirmer8416
      @cshirmer8416 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I guess it was in his nature to have more space with trees and food without pesticides . RIP.🙏🦧🙏 😢😔

  • @jimmymosierjr.7530
    @jimmymosierjr.7530 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    KenAllen was so bad, like bad as-! My dad took so much pleasure to tell us when he'd escape.

  • @troutfisher7182
    @troutfisher7182 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awww RIP Ken Allen

  • @karlthorsten9118
    @karlthorsten9118 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ken loved being with people, hence his constant escapes.
    But he HATED OTIS.

  • @Larry_Dean
    @Larry_Dean 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:48 absolute gold 😂

  • @en2oh
    @en2oh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Apparently, there is confusion regarding Ken’s pathology. Was it prostatic cancer or lymphoma?

    • @druoleary
      @druoleary ปีที่แล้ว

      @3:19 they say lymphoma.

  • @sorryinadvance5362
    @sorryinadvance5362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What happened to kens family

  • @Ultimate_Sin-ry9iw
    @Ultimate_Sin-ry9iw 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A legend

  • @BagelBoy97
    @BagelBoy97 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There goes my heroooo

  • @barnabasschuler9025
    @barnabasschuler9025 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is so tame😮

  • @nadinemoen
    @nadinemoen ปีที่แล้ว +3

  • @gloriabrawldy5325
    @gloriabrawldy5325 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At least his free, and not in captivity any more.

  • @HektorBandimar
    @HektorBandimar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😢Very sad to hear.😢

  • @ejhickey
    @ejhickey ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ken Allen made monkees out of the Zoo keepers.

  • @steakismeat177
    @steakismeat177 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “We wonder if your dream of freedom is ever coming true”

  • @GenuineIntention
    @GenuineIntention หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maaan i was not prepared for the ending of the vid 😞 RIP KEN ALLEN I WISH I GOT TO MEET YOU BACK THEN BRO!! 🙏❤️ i hope he's doing magic tricks for all the other monkeys and apes in monké heaven 🥰

  • @gillianday4804
    @gillianday4804 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow, i am impressed

  • @SylvainSybaris
    @SylvainSybaris 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So because the ape was too cleaver and always got out of the encloser, the Zoo decided to kill the ape?... Yet, they say the ape was special and will be missed by everyone?... This doesn't make any sense... You can't blame a smart ape for escaping because it doesn't understand that it's in a Zoo.

    • @Dragon-xd9em
      @Dragon-xd9em 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He had prostate cancer? Did you even pay attention to the video?

  • @beansbaxter6506
    @beansbaxter6506 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ken Allen needs to sue for slander

  • @hipdogdsv
    @hipdogdsv ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Ken Allen

  • @LethalBubbles
    @LethalBubbles 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cute: smart orangutan.
    Not cute: Journalists making a joke out of treating prisoners humanely.

  • @dova3282
    @dova3282 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did he just grin? 😃 0:53-0:59

    • @matanc3489
      @matanc3489 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes. He was probably thinking about his next escape haha

  • @BlackandProud350
    @BlackandProud350 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why did people talk so strangely?

  • @jackburton1455
    @jackburton1455 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0.56 sounds like Johnny Depp from Fear and loathing

  • @orionsarrow1025
    @orionsarrow1025 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:43 the lady sounds like Elastigirl

  • @punklover99
    @punklover99 ปีที่แล้ว

    Orang gang for life

  • @duk210
    @duk210 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    if a creature escaped that many times maybe it shouldnt have been in there in the first place

  • @arthid7223
    @arthid7223 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    เค้ามีรวงผึ้งอยู่ที่ข้างแก้มของเค้าด้วยละ

  • @Aurochhunter
    @Aurochhunter 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Or maybe he wouldn't have been in the jail becasue he would have escaped from it.

  • @Whooopsnobodybusinessactually
    @Whooopsnobodybusinessactually 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Zoos gotta go. It’s time

  • @mandelazing4712
    @mandelazing4712 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is ken Allen really dead 🤔 or he must be taken to Area 51 to do research cause of his high intelligence.
    Dont take it wrong way its just my thought.
    Rest In Peace.❤

    • @chipbutty3645
      @chipbutty3645 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are great apes so orangutans aren’t far behind us in intelligence. It isn’t rare to see orangutan do things as smart as people

  • @RealFarknMcCoy
    @RealFarknMcCoy ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder why they said he had lymphoma rather than prostate cancer?

    • @j5nephews558
      @j5nephews558 ปีที่แล้ว

      So he had prostate cancer?

  • @StrAnGErous420
    @StrAnGErous420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Orangang!

  • @Jay-pi8tf
    @Jay-pi8tf 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hes already in jail🙄

  • @kja9881
    @kja9881 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am named Ken Allen! 😂Lol

  • @hankworden3850
    @hankworden3850 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Chargers suck.

  • @georgianasalter
    @georgianasalter 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Get a hint. Rehanilitate him to be released in the wild.

  • @tabbycat6458
    @tabbycat6458 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the only one he would go after would have been the zoo keepers😂😂😂😂. They killed him probably because he went after the director ❤

    • @wildrose302
      @wildrose302 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He had prostate cancer. He always cooperated with the keepers when they took him back to the exhibit.

    • @anitat9727
      @anitat9727 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wildrose302 At that point, he was just messing with zoo keepers then.