Overview
- The male was born Oct. 10 to 43-year-old Kalim and 31-year-old Isim, marking Kalim’s third offspring and the pair’s first together.
- After several weeks bonding behind the scenes, mother and infant are now viewable at the Red Ape Rain Forest, with mornings offering the best chance to see them.
- The infant has not been named, and the zoo says it has not yet decided whether to hold a naming contest.
- Zoo staff highlight that orangutans have the longest interbirth interval of any non-human primate, with mothers caring for young for seven to eight years.
- The birth involves a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, underscoring the zoo’s conservation and public education efforts.