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 ORANGUTAN MOM AND SON!

      A beautiful male Sumatran Orangutan was born at Basel Zoo on March 4 and has been given the name 'Ombak'. Ombak is a Malay word that means 'wave' or 'surge'.
      According to keepers, the infant's 17-year-old mother, Kila, has become a very caring parent since the birth of her child. Ombak is Kila's first child, but the role of mother is not a new one to her: her mother died when she was nine years old and Kila "adopted" her then two-year-old sister Maia, who now also lives at Basel Zoo.
      Baby Ombak is still entirely dependent on his mother and clings steadfastly to her fur. This clinging reflex is vital to the survival of newborn Orangutans. In the wild, Orangutans move about high up in the tops of tropical rainforests, and mothers need their hands to climb.
      Orangutans are loners, so juveniles cannot learn from other members of the group, as Chimpanzees or Gorillas do. Their mothers are their only source of knowledge. Ombak will be reliant on, and suckled by, his mother for six to seven years, and only after this period is over can Kila become pregnant again. This is one of the longest gaps between births of all mammal species.
      Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii) are currently classified as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN. The species is already extinct in many regions of Sumatra. There are currently just 14,000 individual animals still living in the forests to the north of the island.

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