Narrator Julianna Zarzycki takes viewers on an interesting journey into the world of orangutans in this video written by Lu Gao and animated by Anton Bogaty.

The video starts off by talking about an orangutan named Fu Manchu who lived at the Omaha Zoo in the 1960s and gained a reputation for his ability to repeatedly escape his cage by picking the lock.

Orangutans have special bonds with their mothers that are the most extended in the animal kingdom next to humans.

Watch the video to learn more interesting facts about these incredibly smart animals.

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