Ape Takes Photos! – A Cool Orangutan Story

Orangutans are really cool!

Nonja the orangutan can take photos-she has a real camera! She got a camera as a toy, and soon she was taking photos of things around her. Nonja has taken pictures of her ape friends and their food. She even has taken a self-portrait of herself licking the lens, and it’s cute! Every time she takes a picture, out pops a raisin. Yum! “Nonja isn’t interested in her photos,” says Schönbrunn Zoo deputy director, Harald Schwammer.” But she likes raisins a lot.” Nonja also likes legos.

Zoo keepers have posted over 150 photos online-here’s some links:

National Geographic: http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/07/nonja_the_orangutan_photograph/
Nonja’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nonja/190010092116

Check them out!

Fun Facts about Orangutans:

• Orangutans spend more of their time in trees than any other ape.
• Orangutans have reddish-brown skin.
• Orangutans can live up to more than 30 years.
• Orangutans can’t swim.
• Orangutans build new nests each night, and when it rains, they build canopies over themselves.
• Orangutans use branches to protect their faces when invading a hive.
• Orangutans live in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, in the green areas below:

Image source: wikipedia.org