Benji, the large Borneo Orangutan male from the Dudley zoo in the West Midlands, England enjoys to chew, but what can you do if you haven’t got any real gum? Not a problem for this clever Orangutan. He just rips of some cardboard from the box and uses that as chewing gum substitute. He’s enjoying it that much; you can hear the noise he is making and see his huge teeth while chewing. His mother obviously never told him to close his mouth while chewing. :-) In between chewing he has a look by having the piece on the end of his lip and glancing down towards the piece of paper. When all that chewing makes him thirsty, he goes up to the water and has a right good old slurp (make sure the speakers are turned up) . You would think he might have swallowed the cardboard after that, but no, he still has it in his mouth. You can see him putting it back on his lip to look at and then he continues to chew.
Benji had his 40th birthday on the 6th November 2017. He was born in 1977 at Duisburg zoo, Germany. In 1978 he transferred to Wuppertal zoo, Germany. In 1994 he moved to Dublin zoo, Ireland and in 1996 he moved to Dudley, UK. Dudley zoo has one other male called Jorong in a different enclosure from Benji. There is also the female orangutan Jazz with her 7 year old daughter called Sprout.
Dudley Zoological Gardens is a 40-acre zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. In the past couple of years more and more has been done to improve the zoo with some great new enclosures.
https://youtu.be/umaBo1o4BgM
Benji had his 40th birthday on the 6th November 2017. He was born in 1977 at Duisburg zoo, Germany. In 1978 he transferred to Wuppertal zoo, Germany. In 1994 he moved to Dublin zoo, Ireland and in 1996 he moved to Dudley, UK. Dudley zoo has one other male called Jorong in a different enclosure from Benji. There is also the female orangutan Jazz with her 7 year old daughter called Sprout.
Dudley Zoological Gardens is a 40-acre zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. In the past couple of years more and more has been done to improve the zoo with some great new enclosures.
https://youtu.be/umaBo1o4BgM
