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Troglodytes

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Orangutan baby with surrogate mother at Houston
« on: January 20, 2012, 09:06:31 am »
INFANT ORANGUTAN ?AURORA? AT HOUSTON ZOO ?ADOPTED? BY SURROGATE ORANGUTAN MOM

Team of 50 Care Givers Achieve Ultimate Adoption Goal

http://www.houstonzoo.org/aurora%2Dadopted/
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Re: Orangutan baby with surrogate mother at Houston
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 06:23:52 pm »
Thanks Simon, that is really interesting.  I prefer the American system of one-on-one fostering, they recreate the mother child bond and the baby has more interaction with the whole group including adult males.   


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Re: Orangutan baby with surrogate mother at Houston
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2012, 10:48:21 pm »
Cheyenne looks lovely, the movie is very sweet.
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