This orangutan saw a man wading in snake-infested water and decided to offer a helping hand
This orangutan saw a man wading in snake-infested water and decided to offer a helping hand
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/asia/orangutan-borneo-intl-scli/index.html
Prabhakar was on a safari with friends at a conservation forest run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) when he witnessed the scene.
He told CNN: "There was a report of snakes in that area so the warden came over and he's clearing snakes.
"I saw an orangutan come very close to him and just offer him his hand."
Prabhakar said it was difficult for the guard to move in the muddy, flowing water. It seemed as if the orangutan was saying "May I help you"? to the man, he said.
"I really wasn't able to click," he said. "I never expected something like that.
"I just grabbed that moment. It was really emotional."
Venomous snakes are predators of Borneo's orangutans, which are under threat from forest fires, habitat loss and hunting.
"You could say snakes are their biggest enemy," said Prabhakar, a geologist from Kerala in India.
The guard then moved away from the ape and climbed out of the water. When Prabhakar asked why he moved away, "He said, 'they're completely wild, we don't know how they'll react.'"
Prabhakar said the entire encounter lasted just three or four minutes. "I'm so happy that moment happened to me," he said.
His photo of the moment has be
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