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🌿 Environment
April 29, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Watch the First Known Video of a Sumatran Orangutan Crossing a Human-Made Wildlife Bridge in the Treetops
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Conservationists in Indonesia built canopy bridges to help Sumatran orangutans safely cross a public road, preventing habitat fragmentation. The first video shows an orangutan successfully using a bridge.
orangutan
wildlife bridge
conservation
Indonesia
habitat