Orangutan attempts to hunt fish with spear

MikeUpNorth · 29th April 2008, 16:52

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A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.

It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt.

The extraordinary image, a world exclusive, was taken in Borneo on the island of Kaja, where apes are rehabilitated into the wild after being rescued from zoos, private homes or even butchers' shops.

Monkeying around: An orangutan clings precariously to overhanging branches in a desperate bid to spear a passing fish

"Orang hutan" means "forest man" in one of Indonesia's many languages and our long-armed cousins do indeed show a remarkable ability to mimic our behaviour.

This individual had seen locals fishing with spears on the Gohong River.

Although the method required too much skill for him to master, he was later able to improvise by using the pole to catch fish already trapped in the locals' fishing lines.

The image is part of a series taken for a new book, The Thinkers Of The Jungle, which also includes the first photograph of an orangutan swimming.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...7 66&ito=1490

That has to be one of the most stunning photo's I have ever seen. Fair play to the photographer, amazing luck.

ILBB15 · 29th April 2008, 17:20

That's amazing.

I was watching a show about monkeys on Animal Planet a while ago and they showed some chimpanzees using a rock as an anvil and they used another rock as a hammer. They hammered nuts against their "anvil" to break the nutshells. The narrator said that the monkeys hadn't been doing this xx years earlier and that they had developed their knowledge about it over time. Quite fascinating to see how animals develop in this way.

jatin · 29th April 2008, 17:27

since relating a human to a monkey is deemed racist
shouldn't this be branded as humanist or something like that

lynchie · 29th April 2008, 17:28

I give it 10 years before we're proper fucked, planet of the apes style.

Fearless · 29th April 2008, 17:39

Looks like it's been impaled to me

kishankhagram · 29th April 2008, 18:08

Must've watched Cast Away...

Frosty · 29th April 2008, 19:27

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Originally Posted by jatin

since relating a human to a monkey is deemed racist
shouldn't this be branded as humanist or something like that

That's not a monkey.

Mihajlovic · 29th April 2008, 23:30

Amazing photograph.

As for Barcelona- I aged tonight. What the hell is wrong with me? It was as if Serbia was playing.

narnar · 30th April 2008, 00:28

Has no one considered that it may be a fish hunting the orangutan?

rufus diabolus · 30th April 2008, 00:42

amazing.

They'll be wanting to vote next.

KeyserSoze · 30th April 2008, 01:38

Haha what the hell is going on in this world that we live in.

Nistelrooy10 · 30th April 2008, 03:51

Apparently, some of them have started to learn how to split atoms.

Christofaux · 30th April 2008, 04:12

computers arent the only things stealing jobs. All our fisherman will be out jobs... and they will retrain to be IT desk jockeys... so more IT people will be out of work.

ERICSAGOD · 30th April 2008, 06:57

I think he's trying to get his ball back that some cnut his kicked into the river.

Snake Doctor · 30th April 2008, 12:31

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Originally Posted by rufus diabolus

amazing.

They'll be wanting to vote next.

Van Piorsing · 30th April 2008, 15:43

Orangutan > Predator > Alien

EspadaYdaga · 30th April 2008, 15:51

hmmmmm.... i bet i could teach it some cool tricks

Van Piorsing · 30th April 2008, 16:05

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Originally Posted by EspadaYdaga

hmmmmm.... i bet i could teach it some cool tricks

Great.

Record it, send it on Youtube.

Raoul · 30th April 2008, 16:58

WTF...is this pic real ??

Melbourne Red · 30th April 2008, 17:28

Don't monkeys do this kind of shit all the time?

Great picture either way.

Spoonov · 30th April 2008, 17:31

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Originally Posted by Melbourne Red

Don't monkeys do this kind of shit all the time?

Great picture either way.

racist, classing them all as monkeys.

I don;t think it's normal, because they're not meant to have the brain capacity to use tools for hunting.

cockneyred · 30th April 2008, 17:31

isnt he borneos only player in the world snooker championship

brad-dyrak · 30th April 2008, 17:40

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Originally Posted by ILBB15

That's amazing.

I was watching a show about monkeys on Animal Planet a while ago and they showed some chimpanzees using a rock as an anvil and they used another rock as a hammer. They hammered nuts against their "anvil" to break the nutshells. The narrator said that the monkeys hadn't been doing this xx years earlier and that they had developed their knowledge about it over time. Quite fascinating to see how animals develop in this way.

Each new discovery showing how we've underestimated tool use across other animals. Chimps hammering, and now gingers fishing.

Amazing.

RedKaos · 30th April 2008, 17:59

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Originally Posted by rufus diabolus

amazing.

They'll be wanting to vote next.

711 · 30th April 2008, 18:05

It's not just animals, you know. My bird makes the tea and everything.

Clueless · 30th April 2008, 21:57

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Originally Posted by Melbourne Red

Don't monkeys do this kind of shit all the time?

Great picture either way.

If the Librarian had heard you now...

Roger · 30th April 2008, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Spoonez el Grande

racist, classing them all as monkeys.

I don;t think it's normal, because they're not meant to have the brain capacity to use tools for hunting.

Its not a monkey it's an ape.

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