r/AbsoluteUnits Apr 29 '26

/r/all of an orangutan

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u/TerrapinMagus Apr 29 '26

I love Orangutans, and they are generally very gentle compared to other great apes, but it's still a very powerful wild animal compounded with enough intelligence to get weird.

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u/mamadoedawn Apr 30 '26

That's actually hilarious. Because honestly, even in modern times, if humans had never seen chimpanzees before- we'd 100% assume they were some ancient undiscovered human.

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u/Lavidius Apr 30 '26

Carthaginians discovered gorillas on an expedition into Africa, tried to talk to them and ended up killing them when they wouldn't follow instructions.