Author: Holly Bishop

A Sumatran orangutan used a canopy bridge to cross a road that had split his community in two in a world-first moment for the species, according to conservationists. Footage shared by the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) shows the primate swinging across the rope bridge over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which became an essential route for local people when it opened in 2024, but created a physical barrier for around 350 wild orangutans and put them at risk of inbreeding and eventual extinction, SOS said. A rope bridge installed to allow the apes to cross the road went unused for two years…

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