We met this mischievous orangutan outside the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) whilst waiting for the doors to open for the 3pm feed.
SORC rescues and rehabilitates orangutans who have been displaced due to loss of habitat through deforestation and those that are illegally captured for pets. In the last 20 years the number of orangutan living in the wild have dropped from 100,000 to around 20-30,000.
The centre is allocated 43sq km of lowland equatorial rainforest on the edge of Kabili Sepilok Forest Reserve. The forest was heavily in fruit when we visited, so we were lucky that these two youngsters chose to show up for the feed.
The work at SORC is on going and is supported by outside donation through Orangutan Appeal UK.
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