Rudi the Orangutan Gets His Heart Checked

[@bobknee4127]

Damn heart finally got our boy last month. Fly high, Rudy. Hope you’re up there in Heaven swinging free on the vines.

[@leb1969]

*For those who are wondering, hybrid orangutan I think is a mix between Borneo and Sumatra Orangutans, because the 2 are considered different species. There are only 3 known orang species in the world: Bornean, Sumatran, and the extremely rare Tapanuli!*

[@sandycurrie108]

What a magnificent coat - such a handsome big guy! Glad he is well, good job with him everyone!

[@carolynmcintyre5645]

Their coats remind me of a double layered fringe jackets. I love the babies of course, but I've come to appreciate the adults in full aww. Especially the males.

[@PupperTiggle]

orangutans are so FUCKING COOL

[@Sassyglbeauty]

God bless the person who rides with him while he’s “out”.

[@WooWoo4511]

Orangutans are soo smart and just awesome! I'm glad Rudi is doing well. I just hope science will be able to figure out what the cause is behind so many Orangutans having heart problems like Rudi. I'll definitely check out that website to learn more. Thanks for sharing another great vid!!

[@Noeman2009]

I think it's vitamin deficiency and because of less of exercise, in captivity the don't really active as in the wild.

[@WooWoo4511]

@@davidjones-wy3ln Dude Calm Down...R.E.L.A.X! Don't have to be an A-hole...why don't you check your brain, personality, life...actually just CHECK YOURSELF! Hope you're having a Great Day!! God Bless and Goodbye 🙏🏽😁

[@WASRSASR]

@@WooWoo4511 exactly

[@RandomPerson-qh1dp]

@@davidjones-wy3ln 🤮

[@jenniferbarber467]

I have a cardiac birth defect. Being a lover of orangutans and dedicated to supporting their preservation I asked my cardiologists at the adult congenital cardiac team at texas children’s. To me it seems the nature of their habitats do not allow them to get the type of physical exercise they were born for. To have trees and a similar setting the area would have to be acres. Even with the enrichment exercises orangutans in zoos can’t get the type and amount of stimulation to the heart needed to prevent heart disease. This is very interesting and I am so thankful for all of the zookeepers, veterinarians and heart specialists who research and study how to keep orangutans as healthy as possible. We must do what we can to preserve their species. They are gentle, beautiful amazing creatures. I also am intrigued how the seeds of many native species of plants and trees are unable to germinate until after they have passed through the digestive tract of orangutans. There is so much to learn from them.

[@omkarrathod981]

You have written this quite well ,you can write a article or book or even make a KZbin video .My best wishes

[@contribution741]

their hearts are probably broken from being in captivity

[@mayurmanjrekar5006]

wooo! brave orang! just look the the way he takes injetion.

[@jenniferbarber467]

Right I still can’t sit still with the bp cuff squeezing my arms and ankles into

[@derektheman1696]

Maurice? Is that you? XD

[@omnilothar]

I know how to say thristy to him.

[@anac8448]

Maurice !!!!!! Lol

[@ollierussell88]

He's sad cus ceaser is dead.

[@swolefjell]

Maurice after a few bigmacs

[@imamazing4333]

Where’s the rest of the apes

[@greymagic7790]

orangutans are so lovely

[@svenkateswaran7516]

Too bad I don't get this kind of healthcare.

[@misssunshine6392]

Maybe you should talk to your zookeeper's about it

[@Fantallana]

@Roberto C the reason humans lasted this long as a species, is because we gave eachother help and care completely for free, for thousands of years. The idea that you should have to "pay" for healthcare is a neurotic modern invention, made so the rich can get richer as the poor get poorer. Hell, there's even evidence that early humans would NOT leave the sick or elderly behind, even if the person was weighing everyone down and needed more service than they could provide to others. It's a shame you're less evolved than literal cavemen.

[@Noeman2009]

You can move to any third world country, most of them provide cheap health care compare to the USA.

[@lunaticcultist9741]

@@Fantallana Health care was actually affordable before healthcare, when you give no incentive for hospitals to lower prices than other competing hospitals, they well... raise prices for maximum profit. Besides in Canada the healthcare is a joke, take my word for it. It took me half a year to get a kidney stone checked and another month to get it removed.

[@gundamcollector77]

@@Fantallana Health is something you work for. Exersite good died proper self care and hygiene these are thing you work at to stay healthy, Also Not every time i get to see someone who is compaking about not having free healthcare has hardly worked towards actually staying healthy. I don't get why so many people what to sign there healthy away to a DR instead of actually monitoring it yourself and sustaining yourself.

[@Michelle-7887]

He is a really handsome guy. God bless ‘this gentle and clever creature. I love him very much and wish him the best in his life.

[@markg61]

Big Boy. What is a hybrid? Part orang part human? I became a huge Orangutan fan when Animal planet used to show their program filmed in Borneo. Cha cha, mangus, and the gang. I miss them

[@Union4014]

hybrid means hes 2 different orangutan species in one (examples: part bornean part sumatran part sumatran part tapanuli part bornean part tapanuli, etc.)

[@juleswick]

Same!! Love Orangutan 🦧 Jungle School!! It hooked me & now I’m officially obsessed lol.

[@AequalsMCMetals]

Its probably a combination of gentics and lifestyle, and that lifestyle looks pretty sedentary.

[@Cara-39]

A 20 second clip of him sitting down doesn't mean he's not active

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@Cara-39 But its definitely different to a wild lifestyle where they would always be on the move for fruiting trees, if I were living in a limited space with regular good food its only natural I'd get fat or lethargic (thankfully feeding amounts can be controlled) its probably nicer than starving in a shrinking forest.

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@davidjones-wy3ln Born in captivity, forests shrinking, stop worrying about the ones in zoos its the wild ones that need attention.

[@Starboyyyyy98]

The big orangutan is my favourite they look sooo cool

[@bonniekeough244]

Beautiful boy.

[@mag_and]

At 0:04 is she saying “hybrid” or “high-bred” orangutan?

[@Dan-lg4bs]

Great apes should not be kept in a zoo they should be kept in a secured forest area to roam free in the trees. It angers me so much to see such a magnificent creature in capacity for stupid humans to come and stare at all day. If humans want to look at these creatures they should be made to trek through a forest with professional guides to look at the orangutans from a safe distance as they live in their intended natural habitat.

[@ChilapaOfTheAmazons]

dude gets better healthcare than me 🐵

[@redcae1911]

Amazing animal

[@pepegapapaya]

do they have heart problems in the wild? or could depression cause heart problems? I think it can from my own experience

[@Its_just_chris]

agreed. so sad what happens to these awesome creatures... poachers club the mamas to death and steal the orphans

[@screamingtima1318]

CrazyObserver They are so much like us that I believe depression could cause a bad heart. I have SVT from stress and depression and he doesn’t look happy. He looks broken and I don’t know why humans have to take freedom away from these wild animals supposedly in the name of preservation. Wouldn’t you all rather see all the wild animals free? Don’t they deserve that freedom? I don’t like Zoo’s and I won’t support them. It’s too hard seeing animals caged when I know better. I know where they should all really be and that’s free.

[@mmuhee151]

Screaming Tima I’m not an expert but if he gets released, he’ll literally be on the top chart for poachers. Plus orangutans don’t have much habitat left for them. Yes it’s sad seeing him caged, but this is for his own good. Also I would’ve loved to see be released one day however, he won’t survive a year in the forest.

[@Cara-39]

@@mmuhee151 Orangutans are not caught in the wild and put in zoos. The ones there were born captive and cannot survive in the wild if released

[@Cara-39]

@@screamingtima1318 Zoos do not take wild orangutans from the wild for exhibition. This one, and all others living in zoos, were born captive and could never survive if released. While zoos used to capture wild animals, they haven't in many decades and the animals on exhibit now are descended from those wild ones.

[@amy051985]

If he s in such great shape, why does he look so bored and passive?where are his mates, his territory...? All we can see are small solitary enclosures

[@damnmuggle]

Ana he’s old dummy they’re solitary animals

[@gundamcollector77]

@@damnmuggle No ape spices is Solitary just in the same why Humans are not Solitary.

[@Notoriousnipple]

gundamcollector77 no adult male orangutans are mainly solitary in the wild. Look it up

[@Cara-39]

You saw a 3 min video which included about 45 seconds of him sitting down. You can't tell anything about the enclosure

[@safeysmith6720]

I think orangutans like to just chill like that.

[@fluffy_mcflooferson4635]

What is a "hybrid" orangutan? RIP Rudy 😢

[@hylobateslar4151]

There are three species of Orangutans, Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli. Rudi was part Sumatran and part Bornean. They don't occur naturally in the wild because Sumatra and Borneo are islands with a large stretch of water inbetween preventing the apes from reaching each other. Some zoos don't let Bornean and Sumatran orangutans breed for fear of contaminating the species respective gene pools and running the risk of who knows what kinds of genetic and health issues.

[@fluffy_mcflooferson4635]

@@hylobateslar4151 Thank you!

[@shirleyhyland4308]

They are so smart,beautiful, and on the brink of extinction due to humans. They are our first cousins in the animal kingdom and share 97% of our DNA. I Support the orangutan project in Borneo. Also, on Amazon smile the orangutan project is a charity.

[@LawmanIL]

How aggressive are the adult males? I thought it would be cool to work with the adult males if I ever volunteered

[@peterp2153]

There’s a vid from one of the preserves out in Borneo (I think) where the caretakers need to shoot the biggest, dominant male with a tranquilizer and get surprised when he lunges fir them and gets aggressivee/defensive. They all had to jump into the river as it’s the only place the big orangutan wouldn’t go. Seemed like real life and death stuff.

[@venomagk]

They're strong AF bruh in full grown ass male

[@spicy6035]

Maybe they dont want to be locked up?

[@ProdbyJason]

I just saw this guy today

[@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625]

Why do the orangutans movie so slowly like a sloth? Are Indonesian jungles more laid back or slow moving?

[@jerdasaurusrex557]

When you're that big there's not a lot of things you need to be running from.

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

What is a hybrid orangutan?

[@deenibeeniable]

The O2 mask is hilarious.

[@hylobateslar4151]

I find it interesting they can't use a human oxygen mask due to his flanges so they had to make one out of a water jug. I wonder if this is standard practice for orangutans in zoos? RIP Rudi

[@MrNermt67]

Maurice has been captured!!!!!

[@dr.blobberblobbarian7879]

Why their hearts aren’t working??? They are wild animals stuck in a fucking cage. Same reason killer whale dorsal dons flop over...

[@jf4156]

God they’re beautiful

[@TheJoker-hw9ib]

Not to be mean or anything but when she said, “and he’s 270lbs.” I started laughing b/c I have a friend that is 280lbs. He is officially fatter than a orangutan and that orangutan is not fat lol. Should just put my buddy in that enclosure.

[@damnmuggle]

The Joker 😂

[@tylersaxon285]

batman killed you

[@latinitalian69]

How do their heads get so big?

[@swoosh50]

how is Rudi a hybrid????

[@krism4276]

mother is Bornean father is Sumatran or vice versa.

[@Oceansta]

swoosh50 if he runs out of gas you can plug him into an outlet and he'll still work.

[@stevendern2543]

Sick jacket.

[@ornacia9330]

TOUCH THIS SKIN TOUCH ALL OF THIS SKIN

[@missionave558]

Wat is a hyberd oragtang

[@suetaylor1127]

Hybrid? Hybrid how? Half orangutan and half what else?

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

It's not good to get anesthetic this often. Could the checkups themselves be affecting his health? I couldn't imagine as a human, having to go under once a year. That stuff is hard on the body.

[@Mr.skullzz]

MAURICE ITS YOU WHAT HAPPENED?!😅 I’ll rescue you

[@Oceansta]

yeah lady. he does look like hes really happy and in great shape 👍 fml

[@Union4014]

CEASER MAURICE HAS BEEN CAPTURED

[@tylersaxon285]

but ceaser is dead he wouldnt see your comment

[@Union4014]

@@tylersaxon285 i know thats the joke

[@courtneyhudgens857]

@@Union4014 lol im way smarter now than i was back then

[@patrickmcleod111]

**Gee, the cause of his heart issue is a real mystery..... You have a captive orangutan, who spends more than half each day laying around in a small cage, and the rest of the time basically laying around outside, getting MUCH less exercise than a wild orangutan. How could that extremely sedentary lifestyle with little exercise, possibly lead to weak heart function?? It'll require a think-tank committee, and several years of study to figure out the problem...😂**

[@patrickmcleod111]

@Jayne Eyre Yeah, that makes sense. It's not like orangutans have their own Healthcare system, or their own govt agencies to keep statistics on their most common causes of illnesses in the wild.

[@screamingtima1318]

I can tell you why him and many others like him have bad hearts. Depression. Shut down all the zoo’s, send all the wild animals to sanctuary and let them be the wild animals they were born to be. Would any of you want to be caged? Would you want your freedom stripped from you?

[@mdejoss1311]

And human will hunt them down, for sake of palm oil, you must know, deforesation in borneo and sumatra is growing like crazy every year, mean they suffer and lost their home where they life, that sad story ....

[@kathyjenkins4067]

Maybe all those orangutans are suffering from broken heart. Their wild animals locked up in cages for the rest of their lives!😢

[@hylobateslar4151]

It seems counterintuitive at first, but modern American zoos are actually great for ape conservation. They help spread awareness and raise money for helping them in the wild, they allow non-intrusive studies of ape behavior, they help keep a safe population of apes for the future, and they provide homes for apes who can't live in the wild due to being born into captivity. It's thought that ape heart problems are due to lack of exercise, which many zoos have been improving on.

[@jacobfarrell7171]

Notorious B.I.G. is alive!

[@Pilkhan68]

Yes bro. He live with tupac and adolf hitler At the Polar.

[@OZ88]

Animals are supposed to live in the natural environment not in zoos sitting all day!

[@Its_just_chris]

they need to be protected by poachers

[@E0011]

Chris Brennan from*

[@Its_just_chris]

LOL oops.. thanks for the correction

[@daveykonijnenberg951]

The die because of habitat destruction for palm oil

[@ilkeracar6567]

WELL I KNOW THE REASON, YOU HAVE TRAPPED HIM SINCE HE WAS 6 MONTHS OLD, HE DOESN'T EXERCISE ENOUGH LIKE HE WOULD SEARCH FOR FOOD IN THE WILD

[@jonas_dme]

Release him

[@Ricobaca]

Why not just leave him be.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Because it’s less stressful for the animal if they are participating in their healthcare by choice than by force. They know they get rewarded when they are participate.

[@jrcastrorwc]

Not to be an animal expert but i think his heart problem has to do with captivity and all that bs food thats givin to him

[@Powerranger-le4up]

No, they can get that in the wild too.

[@shreyaskrishna6038]

US health care is discriminatory towards humans

[@sol3cito33]

Such wonderful creatures. They ARE the vulnerable ones, thanks to the human parasite, their natural habitat is destroyed. We cry because of a pathetic flu, while these beauties slowly go extinct as we overpopulated the planet. Cull humanity and they will live.

[@sirclassicalhou3650]

That’s a very extreme and absurd way of thinking. And for your information, zoos are trying to HELP save orangutans from extinction. Most people condemn poaching and it doesn’t help matters to demonize the entire human race because of the actions of poachers.

[@sol3cito33]

@@sirclassicalhou3650 We need to look deeper than poaching itself. Arresting poachers alone is insufficient. They are only the tip of the iceberg.

[@nonyabiz9487]

Heart disease is a very primate thing unfortunately

[@LyricsThatFly]

free him from this stupid enclosure hes so lonely its all humans fault

[@LeSuperFishe]

John Lovelace you really think sending him out to the wild to be killed by hunters is a good idea you fucking moron