Mut and Molly
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 2 Oct 2016 22:47
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Mut and
Molly
  Our guide thought there may be a good
chance that an orangutan may have slept on the dock leading up to Camp Leakey.
Straight after breakfast we pulled out of the bushes where we had spent the
night and slowly puttered up the river. With no one else around we had the
potential for something very special, fingers crossed. As our klotok,
MaMa 1 pulled alongside the jetty we were in luck, from a
distance all we could make out was a ball of fluff
but very quickly our guide knew he was looking at Mut and
Molly.
Mut is thirty one and at such an age
Molly will most likely be her last baby. A gentle and capable mother, we saw her
tender side, saw her kiss and coddle Molly and share the few treats she found
with her daughter. Baby orangutans cry when they are hungry, whimper when they
are hurt and smile at their mothers. They are capable of showing surprise, fear,
anger and joy. Mother and baby will be inseparable for at least two years and
Molly will not leave the care of her mother until she is about seven.
We spent three hours watching and
enjoying mum and baby, then moved the boat a little way off to the other side of
the river - that way we could arrive with all the other visitors and no one
would be the wiser.
The
thing we just can’t get over was how human these creatures really are, we share
97% DNA with them after all but their hands, fingers nails,
_expression_............simply fantastic.
The unique
thing about our experience this morning was Mut and Molly actually knew I wanted
to take pictures, at no point did they turn their backs and they allowed some
very special moments to be captured. Enjoy – we did.
                               ALL IN ALL AN AMAZING,
PRIVATE TIME
INCREDIBLY LOVELY
EXPERIENCE |