0:00:04 > 0:00:07Last time on Orang-utan Diary...
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Ellie, our little orphan, was settling into life at the centre.
0:00:10 > 0:00:16Meanwhile, her playmate Grendon was a little nervous on his first trip into the forest.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17You're frightened, aren't you?
0:00:17 > 0:00:20There was sad news from the nursery,
0:00:20 > 0:00:24where one of the infants lost its fight against the flu virus.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29With everyone concerned about more orang-utans getting sick,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33it was fantastic to see Lomon taking his first steps to recovery.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39But it was the most recent arrivals, a starving mother and baby,
0:00:39 > 0:00:44that brought home once again, the sad plight of the orang-utan.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04The Borneo Orang-utan Survival Foundation
0:01:04 > 0:01:07cares for rescued and confiscated orang-utans.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11More than 450, from babies to mature adults,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14have found a safe home at the centre.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Many are the victims of deforestation.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Forests are cleared to make way for massive plantations.
0:01:26 > 0:01:32If things don't change, wild orang-utans could be extinct within 10 years.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The centre is working almost at capacity,
0:01:37 > 0:01:44but it does all it can to care for, educate and return orang-utans to the wild.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Steve has come to check up on the mother and baby,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53rescued from the edge of a palm oil plantation yesterday.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56We're hoping there's been some improvement.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00SHE SQUEAKS AND GRUNTS
0:02:01 > 0:02:04She's looking a lot better.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08It's a totally different picture from when she first came in.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11SHE SQUEAKS AND GRUNTS
0:02:11 > 0:02:14This behaviour, this kiss squeaking, as it's called...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16HE MIMICS THE SQUEAKING NOISE I can't do it.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20That's all a defensive response to feeling slightly threatened,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23and obviously scared still. It's important that she continues that,
0:02:23 > 0:02:29because she's going back to the wild, so we don't want to tame her or make her used to humans.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34'Rescued from the wild with its mother to cling to,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37'this baby is very fortunate.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40'Their bond will last for up to six years -
0:02:40 > 0:02:43'six years of love and learning.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48'Sadly, orphaned babies are the most common arrivals at the centre,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50'confiscated from people keeping them as illegal pets.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59'Yesterday, when a second mother and baby arrived,
0:02:59 > 0:03:05'it was hoped they too would be soon well enough for a quick return to the wild.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10'But despite the best efforts of Lone, Michaela and the others,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14'things aren't looking at all good for the baby.'
0:03:16 > 0:03:21It's incredible how quickly things can turn around for these little babies.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Only yesterday we were saying
0:03:23 > 0:03:27that at least this one has come in with its mother.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29As long as it can stay with its mother,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32and its mother can keep feeding it, it stands a very good chance
0:03:32 > 0:03:34of being put straight back in the wild
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and not having to go through rehabilitation.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Things have taken a horrible turn.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44This morning, this baby was found on the floor of the cage...
0:03:46 > 0:03:50..very weak and beginning to go cold.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53You only have to look at this little baby to know that it's...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56it's really not in a good way.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02'Everything that can be done is being done to help this baby.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07'The centre has excellent veterinary facilities
0:04:07 > 0:04:10'and four fully-qualified vets.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15'An increasing problem for the centre is the number of animals arriving with broken bones.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20'Tragically, some of these injuries have been caused by people.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25'This six-year-old male has a nasty fracture that's not healed properly.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28'Unfortunately, the one piece of equipment the centre doesn't have
0:04:28 > 0:04:30'is an X-ray machine.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34'When the chance arrived to borrow one from a neighbouring charity,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- 'we took it straightaway.' - OK.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40They've already got some really interesting X-rays in.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41If I show you this one...
0:04:41 > 0:04:44This is one of the mothers that has come in.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48You can see this bone has been broken here. It's all in a mess.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52If you look here, there's these white specks as well.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54The only thing that can be is bits of metal,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57which makes me think that it's actually been a gunshot wound.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00This orang-utan has been shot in the arm here
0:05:00 > 0:05:02and it's smashed this bone.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Thankfully it seems there is evidence of some healing there
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and the vet said when they felt it, it seemed to be fairly stable.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11It's gonna be a few months before that completely heals.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17It goes to show how useful having X-rays and X-ray facilities here would be.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Saving an endangered species has high points and low points and...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37it's definitely nothing lower than losing a little baby.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03SHE SIGHS
0:06:13 > 0:06:20For me, seeing a baby orang-utan lose its fight for life is of course deeply upsetting.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24It's difficult to hide my emotions, but it's important to remember
0:06:24 > 0:06:29that there is still hope for so many other orang-utans here.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38One special character who always seems to cheer me up
0:06:38 > 0:06:40is little Lomon.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44'He's really benefiting from all the care and attention.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49'Only yesterday, he started eating and drinking properly for the first time.'
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Do you want some of this?- Hey! Are you sharing your lunch?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Yeah, look at this! This is Lomon. Can you believe it?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Well, yeah! We can see his bald head! - He's not difficult to spot.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- But it's amazing. Lomon was just not eating.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Now he's eating my leftover lunch!
0:07:07 > 0:07:08THEY LAUGH
0:07:08 > 0:07:12It really is. He just seems to have selected what he wants to eat.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- He looks like... - This he clearly likes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Look, he loves the noodles in my soup. D'you want that?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I bet you he gets some of his own before he takes that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- That's my bet, anyway. - OK, let's see.- OK.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- SHE LAUGHS - Yay, I won!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Yay, there you go, you won.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33What's amazing is he's obviously getting over the psychological trauma he's been through.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35The next stage is to fatten him up a bit.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- He seems to be...- He's on...- ..quite enthusiastic about that.- Yeah.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43He is. He's just... I think, it's just...
0:07:43 > 0:07:47being very gentle around him. God knows what must have happened to him
0:07:47 > 0:07:53to make him so cautious, so sort of...scared, really.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- You know the other really good thing?- What?
0:07:55 > 0:08:01- His hair's growing back.- It is, isn't it?- Look at that! He's got little tufts of hair coming.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05He'll look a bit more like the rest of them soon, hopefully.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08People would look at this orang-utan and think,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10surely it should be eating fruit,
0:08:10 > 0:08:11cos that's what it eats in the wild.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15But is it just because he's so underweight,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17anything he eats is better than nothing?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22Mammals are fantastic at knowing what they're lacking. He will have an inherent ability
0:08:22 > 0:08:26to find foods that are actually what he needs.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Humans are similar. Sometimes you crave protein. You think,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I want... You have to listen to your own body, and that's what he seems to be doing.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Every time he's offered food, he turns his nose up at it,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39and then he'll go off and bimble about and say,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43this is what I want, which is exactly what wild orangs do.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47They take what they need and explore interesting sources of food.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- I've got a craving for chocolate, you haven't got any, have you?- No.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52SHE LAUGHS
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- I'll leave you with him.- See you later.- I'll go and check on the other guys.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59You want some juice?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I'm back in Forest School One
0:09:07 > 0:09:11to check how my mates Ellie and Grendon are getting on.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Lessons were going well,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17but we've been surprised by an unwelcome visitor.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21This is Derry.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27As you can spot, he shouldn't actually be in School One anymore.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32It's actually been five years since he was here,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35but this is where he was trained.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39It goes to show that he's learned quite a bit as well,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43because he's managed to escape from the area where he should be
0:09:43 > 0:09:45to make his way all the way back.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57It's actually when you see one of these really big guys in the trees
0:09:57 > 0:10:03that you understand this is the biggest tree-dwelling animal on the planet.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It's a great example to these little guys
0:10:08 > 0:10:13the way he uses all that body weight to trapeze himself from tree to tree.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28The distraction seems to be putting lessons on hold for the time being.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33While Derry seems to be enjoying throwing his weight around,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35our little ones do need to be careful.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41He doesn't know his own strength, and his games could result in Ellie and Grendon getting seriously hurt.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47SHOUTING
0:10:53 > 0:10:55THEY CONTINUE TO SHOUT
0:10:57 > 0:10:59She's far too close for comfort.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Understandably, the sitters want her down.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05SHOUTING
0:11:20 > 0:11:25He's still hanging around, but he seems to be moving from our babies,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29which is a good thing because since he turned up,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33they've been very reluctant to spend any time in the trees at all.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Hopefully, that's the last we'll see of him.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Hello, Mr Lomon.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Up you come.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49'Little Lomon's improvement has surprised everyone.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54'He seems to be putting all the mistreatment he received in captivity behind him,
0:11:54 > 0:11:59'and at last he's well enough to take his first trip into the forest.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04'Lomon is joining up with one of the groups from Forest School One.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07'He'll soon begin lessons in finding food,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11'and hopefully start climbing some trees.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18'Let's hope this is the beginning of Lomon's road to recovery,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21'and the start of a promising school career.'
0:12:30 > 0:12:33It is so good to see him like this.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37It wasn't that long ago that he was so poorly,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40I thought it was touch and go whether he'd make it.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48He was so weak, so thin and so disinterested.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51That's the thing... Sometimes, some of these orang-utans
0:12:51 > 0:12:54who've been through such a trauma in their lives,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57sometimes they just give up the will to live,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and it doesn't matter how much love and attention you give them,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03you're not gonna magically make them want to live.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07He seems to have grasped his second chance now.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Derry, the intruder, has been safely removed from Forest School One.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30While Ellie and Grendon recover from the excitement,
0:13:30 > 0:13:35I'm taking a trip deeper into the forest to check out their future secondary school.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42This is Forest School Two.
0:13:42 > 0:13:48This is big school. There are 53 orang-utans in here of various ages.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52All those lessons that they learned in Forest School One,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55this is where they're put into practice. Come on!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57HE GROANS
0:14:06 > 0:14:08This is one school run where you do need a 4x4.
0:14:08 > 0:14:14The orangs seem to have a much easier time getting through this stuff than we do.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Some of them haven't bothered touching the ground at all.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22These guys have just moved in the canopy, all the way,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26occasionally dropping sticks on us, just to lend a bit of encouragement.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Oooh! Come on, guys.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- LAUGHTER - Guys, there's something very warm
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- appearing on my foot. - What you need is another one,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47then you'll have a matching pair of very orange furry slippers.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49THEY LAUGH
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Come on!
0:15:03 > 0:15:06'It's another call-out for the rescue team.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09'An orphan baby orang-utan is being held in a village
0:15:09 > 0:15:12'right on the edge of a palm oil plantation.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15'It's illegal to keep orang-utans as pets,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18'so we're gonna join up with the authorities
0:15:18 > 0:15:21'to confiscate the baby and bring it back to the centre.'
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Wow, look at this.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33This is the beginning of the palm oil plantation.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37This isn't actually where we're doing our confiscation from,
0:15:37 > 0:15:42but this is the sort of place that rescues happen all the time.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46You can see the forest has just recently been cut down.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49That's what you can see all at the side.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Goodness knows how far back this is going to go.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54This is just the beginning of this plantation.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59It'll go deep into the forest, and as they cut the forest back,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03orang-utans and other animals are being pushed back, back and back,
0:16:03 > 0:16:08and eventually, there'll be nowhere for those orang-utans to go.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You look at something like this,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15and it's very easy to wag a finger at the wrong people.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18To me, this is consumerism at its worst.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22A lot of these plantations are owned by wealthy foreigners.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Indonesians, a lot of the time, don't benefit at all.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30Some of them have lost their homes, others are paid very poorly and have poor working conditions.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Where does the demand come from?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35A lot of the time from people like myself
0:16:35 > 0:16:39and people wanting cheap products in supermarkets.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46This is the sort of scene you see all over Borneo.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50This is the biggest problem for orang-utans here.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02We're on the last leg of our journey.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08What condition the little orphan orang-utan will be in when we find it, nobody knows.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What we do know is that it's being handed over voluntarily.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31We're finally here. This is the house the orang-utan is.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36There's procedures when you do these sort of things, so we've come with the police
0:17:36 > 0:17:40and we've also come with the chief of the local village.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45This is the orang-utan that we've come to collect.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Oh, it's tiny! It's tiny!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It's absolutely weenie.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Hello, sweetheart.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Hello.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01He's wondering what on earth is going on.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Well the story as I understand it is that this little baby
0:18:04 > 0:18:09was found in a field that was being burnt so that they could grow crops.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12The dogs started barking and they found this little one.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17The mother was nowhere to be seen. Nobody knows what happened to her.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22So this particular story, it looks like they didn't want it as a pet, they just found it.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And then have kept it.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29BABY ORANG-UTAN GRUNTS
0:18:29 > 0:18:37'It's coming up to feeding time in Forest School and there's a mood of expectation amongst the orang-utans!'
0:18:41 > 0:18:44The main difference between Forest School One
0:18:44 > 0:18:49and here in Forest School Two, is that the baby-sitters are no more.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55It's all male technicians, and they're not here to cuddle and look after every need of orang-utans.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00They're here to supervise them, feed them and generally check that they're OK.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Oh, obviously with this number of orang-utans in... Ow!
0:19:13 > 0:19:19..in one place, you have to be a little bit careful that you don't get bombarded from above,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21but also that they're all fed.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25These guys are provided with two big meals a day.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29They'll happily eat every variety of fruit and veg that's served up.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33In the wild their food is far more difficult to come by,
0:19:33 > 0:19:38so they can't afford to be fussy eaters, and are known to eat up to 400 different things!
0:19:40 > 0:19:46All of these orang-utans are around the age that if they were still with their mothers,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48they'd be getting much more independent,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50they'd be spending more and more time away,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54but yet still totally aware of where their mother is.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56And the thing is that it's the same for these guys.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59They do seem to be bimbling off into the woods on their own,
0:19:59 > 0:20:06but they're all consciously, sort of, keeping an eye on where the technicians are,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09when the next food supply is coming in and this sort of thing.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Forest School is a bit like a halfway house,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18as these orang-utans are halfway through their rehabilitation.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24As they get more confident, they start to spend the night in the forest alone,
0:20:24 > 0:20:29learning to make their own nests and developing real independence.
0:20:32 > 0:20:39It's wonderful to think that next year Ellie and Grendon should be over here, making nests of their own.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46In the village, it looks like the captive baby orang-utan is finally about to be handed over.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50When someone has voluntarily given up an orang-utan,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52it's done in an official but very friendly way.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Papers are signed, educational material is given out,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58even some T-shirts are handed over.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Education is obviously so, so important.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08These that people who live on the river, they don't know the orang-utans are really endangered.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11They don't know that they need protecting.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25THEY SPEAK IN LOCAL DIALECT
0:21:35 > 0:21:36It's name is Dina, Dina.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Hello, Dina!
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Dina is a female, we've found out, and has been kept here for about six months.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46So she's been six months without her mother
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and without love and affection that she should be getting.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Oh, she wants to get back into the cage!
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Well, that was a very easy confiscation.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11At last she's freely handed over.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Her world is about to change - and change for the better.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20'We need to get her back to the centre as fast as possible -
0:22:20 > 0:22:22'get her checked out and quarantined,
0:22:22 > 0:22:27'then straight into nursery where she'll learn to become an orang-utan.'
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Once feeding time is over in Forest School Two,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44the orang-utans head for the trees.
0:22:44 > 0:22:51So I've come back to join my mates Ellie and Grendon for their final lessons and the home run.
0:22:51 > 0:22:58The lesson we're about to do now is to show our little troop that fruit does indeed grow on trees.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03In my hand I have our ready-made fruit tree
0:23:03 > 0:23:06and see if we can encourage our little babies up the tree.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08So here we go!
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Aggis is a very clever orang-utan.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19No, you've got to leave some for the others! Look at that!
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Now do you see that?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23My particular favourite Grendon,
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I don't think is the sharpest tool in the box, unlike the girls.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30But I'm sure he'll rise to the challenge.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34STEVE GENTLY ENCOURAGES ELLIE
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Nanda's taken the aerial route so she might actually come down this tree to get some fruit.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Good girl!
0:23:48 > 0:23:51So it's two-nil to the girls, Grendon.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53See, Aggis is laughing at you.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02STEVE LAUGHS
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Ah, make the most of it, why don't you!
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Come on, come on.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Good lad, good lad.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17You dropped it.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I don't believe it, you dropped it!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24What sort of orang-utan are you? Come on.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Huh!
0:24:33 > 0:24:39Quick, get that before Aggis robs it all. Come on, come on.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Seeing them all in tree together actually, is, um...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49might look a bit artificial, but funnily enough
0:24:49 > 0:24:53when you get fruiting trees producing masses of fruit,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57that is where you will get a lot of youngsters all together
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and it's a chance in the wild for them to socialise with each other.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03It's one of the only times that orang-utans will come together.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07WOMAN SHOUTS IN DISTANCE
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Oh, it's having a baby.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18We've just heard that - one of the...
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Yep, one of the orang-utans is having a baby.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Quick, quick!
0:25:32 > 0:25:33It's coming out now.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38BABY SQUEALS
0:25:43 > 0:25:48There it goes, that's it. That's it...
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Give her some time.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Good girl, well done!
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Well done!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Good girl. BABY ORANG-UTAN SQUEALS
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Good sound - that's what you need.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08That's it.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10INDISTINCT SPEECH She is, yes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15With the birth of any animal, I always think it's best not to interfere
0:26:15 > 0:26:17unless you absolutely have to.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23It's important that mother and baby learn about each other and bond as quickly as possible.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Come on, girl, that's it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31She'll sort the umbilical cord out herself.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35It's got good movement already and it's a good sign it's vocalising.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41BABY ORANG-UTAN SQUEALS
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Good girl.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52She's doing well, she's doing very well.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Yes, but the baby's lying with her neck right on top of that thing.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58She's doing absolutely fine. Absolutely fine.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Have you ever had any kids?- Nope. - Neither have I...- Exactly!
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Don't worry...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11She'll sort it, she'll sort it.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14She doesn't know quite how things work out yet.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19It's amazing to see a newborn animal cling so tightly,
0:27:19 > 0:27:23obviously, and it makes perfect sense if you are going to be born 100ft up a tree!
0:27:23 > 0:27:25That's it.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31She's so gentle.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37And she is doing really well.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40She's bonding with it, cleaning it.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45You're always worried they're going to leave it in the corner of a cage
0:27:45 > 0:27:47and not know what they're for.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50She's doing really, really well.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53That's a definite first. I never thought I'd get to see that.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03It's such a privilege to see a newborn baby orang-utan,
0:28:03 > 0:28:09and with its mother to look after it and plenty of care and attention from Lone and her team,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12this baby should have a fighting chance.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Only time will tell.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Next time on Orang-utan Diary:
0:28:22 > 0:28:25It's a special day for Zorro, the big male.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30He's given his first taste of freedom after 13 years in a cage.
0:28:30 > 0:28:36Lomon has a testing time as he starts his first lessons in Forest School One
0:28:36 > 0:28:39and emotions run high as we battle to save
0:28:39 > 0:28:41yet another orphaned baby orang-utan.
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