Olita Tetsu dropped the glasses she had on her head when she was visiting the Taman Safari in Bogor, Indonesia – but the orangutan seemed pleased to model the shades
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Orangutan puts on sunglasses after they are dropped into enclosure
Adorable footage shows the moment an orangutan models a pair of sunglasses dropped by a woman at a zoo.
Olita Tetsu had the glasses on her head when she was visiting the Taman Safari in Bogor, Indonesia.
She said she accidentally dropped them in an orangutan enclosure, but found what followed very amusing.
“I was leaning over to look at some orangutans on the bottom of the enclosure when my sunglasses fell off my head,” Olita told Newsflare.
“After a couple of minutes one of the mama orangutans came over and picked up the glasses and the rest is on camera!”
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In the footage, the orangutan can be seen playing around with the glasses before she places them stylishly over her eyes.
The orangutan even appears to strike several poses with the shades.
The funny video has gone viral and has more than 7.7 million likes on TikTok.
Many shared the video on social media, with one commenting: “This is sending me to bed with a big grin on my face!”
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Another said: “Truly mind blowing and just lovely. Made my day.”
One joked on Twitter : “That Orangutan only wears branded sunglasses i take it from the video lol. (sic).”
This footage comes after The Mirror reported in June on a group of chimpanzees and orangutans being given Covid vaccinations at a US zoo following an outbreak.
The lifesaving jabs were given to the great apes at San Diego Zoo – and doses could be rolled out for cats and dogs in the future according to scientists.
Drug company Zoetis said it received a request for emergency doses after coughing gorillas tested positive for coronavirus in January.
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The animals – five bonobos and four orangutans – were given two jabs, authorities confirmed at the time.
It turned out they had contracted Covid from an asymptomatic keeper.
It raised fears that apes could be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus.
Nadine Lamberski, the chief conservation and wildlife health officer at the zoo, said the outbreak had raised alarm bells.
She said: “That made us realise that our other apes were at risk.
“We wanted to do our best to protect them from this virus because we don’t really know how it’s going to impact them.”
There are currently no plans to vaccinate primates in UK zoos, The Guardian reports.
