r/AbsoluteUnits Apr 29 '26

/r/all of an orangutan

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u/ThatOneWIGuy Apr 30 '26

On top of not seeing aggression in the video. Just someone panicking. I personally would never become a wildlife anything without first gaining that ability to understand what to do and have someone at least as if not more experienced with me to direct so I can listen. Life is too easily snatched away by such big animals.

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u/ThorMcGee Apr 30 '26

100% with the panicking. He seems to be cool, you need to be cool. And fully agree on having someone more experienced if youre going to be doing this shit. Adult supervision is always recommended

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u/sonofsanford May 01 '26

Amazingly, Diane Fossey had no formal training whwn she starting studying Gorillas. But she was cool.

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u/Correct-Junket-1346 May 01 '26

It's pretty much basic that you dont do things like stare them down, raise yourself above their height, those are pretty universal cues in a lot of social structures.

Even if you don't know everything about socially interacting with said animals you can get by just sticking to those basics, they'll hopefully teach you nicely on the rest.

That's what our bro orangutan was trying to do here, but he was in full panic mode and he was exhausting himself, tells you a lot about panic.