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-Here at Woodland Park Zoo,
we have four orangutans.

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We have Heran, Bela,
who are both hybrids,

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which means they're a
combination of Sumatran

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and Bornean orangutans.

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And then we have Godek and
Batu, who are purebred

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Sumatran orangutans.

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So they're super intelligent,
sentient beings.

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We put various things out to
have them mimic behaviors

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they might do in the wild,
foraging, fishing for things.

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There's three species
of orangutans.

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All three species are
critically endangered,

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which means the next
step is extinction.

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The main reason orangutans
are facing extinction

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is due to palm oil plantations.

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So it's critical that we
really highlight this species

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and try and save
them in the wild.

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- Woodland Park Zoo has
a very long history

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of conservation with
orangutans, dating back to the

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'90s when we trained
Indonesian veterinarians

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who helped rehabilitate
orphan young orangutans

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so that they could be
rehabilitated and released back

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to the wild in Indonesia.

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Today we continue our
partnership with several

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different organizations in
Borneo and we're focusing

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more outside of the
protected areas helping

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communities establish community
forests, working with

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private landowners to regrow
forests so that there can

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be connectivity between
protected areas and

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orangutans and other wildlife
can safely move between them.

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-Life here at the zoo, I think
they have a great life.

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We have a beautiful
open air exhibit.

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It's very green year round
living here in Seattle.

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So we're lucky a lot of zoos
across the United States

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have more of a seasonality
to the whole year.

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Because of this even season,
they get to be outside almost

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365 days a year, which is great.

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Well, I think we see ourselves
in them, and really we see

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ourselves in any great ape
when they look into their

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eyes and they realize how
intelligent they are,

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what a sentient being they are.

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They require a lot of respect.

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I think it really moves people.

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-Our animals here at Woodland
Park Zoo are ambassadors

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for their wild cousins
living in the wild.

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And so we like to use our
orangutans here to help spread

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the message of conservation
and how incredibly

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cool these animals are
and how worthy they

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are for protection.

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