Sumatran Orangutan Uses Canopy Bridge
An endangered Sumatran orangutan was filmed successfully using a canopy bridge to cross a road for the first time. The charity expressed relief following the successful event. The species is currently critically endangered due to illegal hunting and habitat loss. The bridge was constructed to mitigate the effects of a road that split the population into two. Experts previously expressed concerns that habitat fragmentation would lead to inbreeding and reduced survival chances. Habitat loss and illegal hunting remain primary threats to the species. The project aims to help the 350 orangutans in the area move freely through the landscape. Conservationists state there is a growing need to replicate these bridges where roads bisect forests. Wildlife expert Helen Bucklin noted that such bridges are essential for coexistence between humans and wildlife where roads bisect forests.
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“World-first footage shows orangutan using canopy bridge to cross a road in North Sumatra”
“Conservationists in Indonesia say an endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a man-made canopy bridge”
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“Conservationists in Indonesia say an endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a man-made canopy bridge, one of five helping the ape's bypass a road.”
“of five helping the ape's bypass a road cutting through the rainforest.”
“critically endangered orangutan has been filmed using a manmade canopy bridge to safely cross to the other side.”
“An endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a man-made canopy bridge. The crossing is one of five, which were built to help the animals bypass an expanded road.”
“Waiting for this moment for two years has been excruciating, I would say, so when it finally happened, yeah, we were absolutely overjoyed.”
“what's thought to be a world first, a Sumatran orangutan slowly crossing a specially installed bridge. Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered because of habitat loss and illegal hunting.”
“Smotron orangutan has been filmed for the first time, crossing a man-made canopy bridge. The crossing is one of five which were built to help the animals bypass an expanded road.”
“A conservation charity in Indonesia says an endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time, crossing a man-made canopy bridge. The crossing is one of five which were built.”
“Smotron orangutan has been filmed for the first time, crossing a man-made canopy bridge. The crossing is one of five which were built to help the animals bypass an expanded road cutting through the rainforest.”
“A world first. A Sumatran orangutan slowly crossing a specially installed bridge. of survival. Helen Buckland is from Indonesia's SOS conservation charity.”
“Helen Bucklin says there's a growing need for such wildlife corridors. We really would like to see these bridges replicated where roads are cutting through forests.”
“uno de ellos acaba de ser filmado cruzando por primera vez una carretera a través de un puente colgante. El puente se instaló el 2024 sobre esta vía”
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