Location: Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England
Species: Orangutans
Added: 2025-11-7
Recorded: 2025-10-30
Source: Ape Tracker

Enjoy watching this video showing an awesome baby orangutan at Chester Zoo as she plays with her sister. Myrtle, a Bornean orangutan, shows off her athletic skills and climbs up to greet her bigger sister Dot then swings down ropes into bushes.

Orangutans are very dexterous and use both their hands and feet to grip and move around objects and climb. Their strength is suited to an arboreal lifestyle – hanging by one arm and swinging across branches. They are significantly stronger than humans.

Orangutans have been noted to have an IQ of between 70 and 95, with a normal human IQ being around 100.