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Rare albino orangutan released back into the wild
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| 21 Dec 2018 04:55PM
Posted on 12/21/2018 11:03:36 AM PST by Red Badger
JAKARTA: The world's only known albino orangutan has been released back into the jungle more than a year after she was found emaciated and bloody in a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian NGO said on Friday (Dec 21).
Environmentalists rescued "Alba" from a cage where she was being kept as a pet by villagers in Central Kalimantan in April last year.
She was found with dry blood smeared around her nose - the result of her violent capture - and weighed just 8 kilogrammes, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) said.
The blue-eyed primate, covered in fuzzy white hair, was on Wednesday returned to the wild with her best friend, Kika, after leaving their rehabilitation centre.
"So far she's showing good signs of adapting," Nico Hermanu, a BOSF spokesman, told AFP.
"She's been climbing trees as high as 35 metres (about 115 feet) and has been eating fruit from the forest."
Kika and Alba - who is six years old and now 28 kilos - will be monitored by conservation teams at Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: albino; ape; borneo; orangutan; wildlife
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'Alba', the only albino orangutan ever recorded in the world, was rescued by environmentalists from a cage where she was being kept as a pet by villagers. (Photo: AFP/Handout)
To: Red Badger
And yet they released her?
Is there not a primate zoo anywhere that could house this creature?
Or is it left to the whims of the villagers again?
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:06:21 AM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" JOBS or MOBS? Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you want BACK in POWER?)
To: A_Former_Democrat
It’s in a National Park, now...................
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:06:48 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:09:42 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
Should have kept her. Now, she’ll be killed within a week by poachers.
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:09:54 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:12:37 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:13:43 AM PST
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ETL
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To: Red Badger; ETL; Daffynition
albino orangutan Now doesn't that just peg the oxymoron-o-meter.
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:14:01 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:14:56 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:15:48 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: ETL
Dang, betcha that old boy has a crushing handshake.
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:18:47 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: ETL
To: Red Badger
Brilliant move! Put a rare creature back into the wild, where she can be easier found and killed by human primates looking for the next magic spell that protects them against witches.
To: Mr. Mojo
"What'd I ever do to make you treat me so disrespectfully?"
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12/21/2018 11:23:09 AM PST
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ETL
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To: Red Badger
And its dead
Well, thanks for trying
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:26:43 AM PST
by
tm61
(Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
To: Red Badger
It is going to die.
The other monkeys will kill it as they do not believe diversity is strength.
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:27:00 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
To: Mr. Mojo
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12/21/2018 11:29:01 AM PST
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ETL
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To: CaptainPhilFan
“easier found and killed by human primates looking for the next magic spell that protects them against witches.”
More likely for some chinese guys erectile dysfunction
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:35:29 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
KILL WHITEY!................
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:39:26 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: ETL
I think I recognize him.
He plays for the Steelers...............
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posted on
12/21/2018 11:41:41 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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