Really cute - The only Orang-utan Hospital
Move over, ER! Welcome to the world's only orang-utan hospital
Hooked up to a drip, wearing just a nappy and a forlorn expression, the tiny infant stares out through the bars of his cot at the frenzy of activity around him.
A few feet away, a nurse makes up a bottle of formula while another prepares a bath. On a nearby table lies a thermometer, a blood-pressure gauge and bottles of medication.
The scene is typical of any infant care unit and the staff are dedicated to saving their tiny patients. The only difference is that these 'babies' are not human but infant orang-utans.
Situated in the heart of the Malaysian jungle, the Infant Care Unit at Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort - dubbed Orang-Utan Island - is a very special hospital.
All of its patients are from the endangered Borneo species of orang-utans, the Pongo Pygmaeus. Without the facility, built in 2004, the species would probably be extinct.
Many of the 23 baby orangutans treated here were rejected or abused by their mothers. Without milk, they develop severe malnutrition.
In hospital, they are cared for just like human babies. Every two hours the patients are bottle fed, and their vital signs are monitored - including blood pressure, blood oxygen content and pulse.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says there are only 3,000 Borneo orang-utan left in the world. But thanks to the tender care administered to babies such as June-Junior and April, this decline could be halted.
...bring it to this hospital. They can do a possible free caesarian for you.
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it was in philippines.....
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anyone can donate or adopt through their website, www.orangutanisland.org.my for helping. From MYR 1 to any amount. Adoption is fix to MYR200(EUR42).
they really gently animal. still remember back to my hometowm when me and my friends tend up in the borneo forest for a weekend. they watching us from the trees. so cute really
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Apparenly, it costs around £30,000 a year to keep the ICU staffed and running. This is covered by the park's admission charges.
And knowing Malaysia, always start off well and sometimes run out of funding... I seriously hope they will maintain it long term.
/East Malaysia's eco parks are doing alright.
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No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
Woohoo, I'm going here next year :o)
Too kyoooot!
Lol Speed
hmm.. heyy, you're right, Speed! That photo (esp. the last one, biting the side of his crib) really looks uncanningly like britexpat. Soooo cute!
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No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
So cute.
Tarzan is lucky to be grown wild in the forest... and luckier for cute orangutans...
~~Life's Cycle~~~
u was very naughty :-D
Sooo cute. Thanky, britexpat.
Okie dokie .. will make a visit on next home trip.
/Btw, re the resort hotel - anyone interested in going might want to check out first.. hope they clean up their act. This review in May 08 by a brit on tripadvisor -
"This hotel is part of the Bukit Merah Resort which encompasses the Orangutan Island, Eco Park, & Waterpark. The actual hotel is pretty substandard and not in a good state of repair. It doesn't have a bar or a restaurant - you have work walk across the car park to the resort for your breakfast and meals. Not a big..."
//Anyway, I don't need accomodation there. Have relatives and friends.
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
sssooooo cute =D
Cute, cutie, cutey little tiny beauty.
Tho adowable..:))
Salam