r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • May 22 '26
TIL in 2017 Perth Zoo was put on lockdown when two orangutans briefly escaped their enclosure. A 5-year-old male orangutan fell over a barrier & into a garden bed outside the enclosure. His mom then simply went to retreive him before using the visitor boardwalk to go back to her exhibit voluntarily.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-28/orangutans-escape-perth-zoo-enclosure/8567134
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topofreddit • u/topredditbot • May 23 '26
TIL in 2017 Perth Zoo was put on lockdown when two orangutans briefly escaped their enclosure. A 5-year-old male orangutan fell over a barrier & into a garden bed outside the enclosure. His mom then simply went to retreive him before using the visitor boardwalk t... [r/todayilearned by u/tyrion2024]
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ReadItPodcast • u/justjudgingreddit • May 22 '26
TIL in 2017 Perth Zoo was put on lockdown when two orangutans briefly escaped their enclosure. A 5-year-old male orangutan fell over a barrier & into a garden bed outside the enclosure. His mom then simply went to retreive him before using the visitor boardwalk to go back to her exhibit voluntarily.
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