Simple story of
Orangutan named Rosmery and fam in their
daily life at Tanjung Puting National
Park
Rosmery's Adopted Babies
My first encounter with Rosmery was at
the Tanjung Harapan Camp, known as the
first rehabilitation center for
orphaned orangutan. She was 12 years
old, still young. No idea where she
came from but usually most of the
orangutan was from the palm oil
plantation or ex logging area
She stayed
with other orphaned orangutan, but
most of them were still baby under 5
years old, everyday she is playing
with them having banana and milk
together during feeding time. Around 1
year she was always with the baby, may
be that reason also make her decided
to take one of them as adopted son, he
was Tosido. She look after him just as
her real baby until she is had moved
to other camp Pondok Tanggui.
Few months
after she moved, she had different
personalized, no reason why??? maybe
from new environment that she need to
adjust or may be there is some think
else. She look more aggressive, she
likes to grab and bite to every
peoples who try to close to her. In my
self opinion, this is good start for
her to be in the wild because when the
peoples want to see her they will keep
distance from her and never try to
contact with her closely. Time goes
by... Tosido grown up, he separate
from his adopted mother quite often
and finally one day we saw Rusmery
sitting around camp ranger without her
son. The ranger try to look for him
and they found him on the top of the
tree by himself, Rusmery did very good
job to look after her adopted son.
Female Orangutan specially at Tanjung
Putting National Park has first baby
on the age between 12 to 15 years old.
In the real wild population could be
more than that age, Rusmery should be
has her own baby on her age at that
time. Remember Pondok tanggui is
opened just few month after Tosido
left her, so she did not quite well
known about the forest surrounding or
could be none of adult male stay
around her rooming territory.
At the same time an other 2 orphan
babies came in the camp Pondok Tanggui.
Very tiny babies, could be around less
then 2 years. Their mother been kill
by the poacher and then they sell the
baby. They got lucky (The babies)
because they meet with someone who
really want they live normal in the
forest. Finally we can call them with
Astra and the other one call Darmono.
Few months they live together in
special box design for them, hugging
each other when stranger come close to
them, playing toy together, when ever
Darmono goes, Astra is always on the
behind of him. They getting close and
closer just alike brothers.
The present
of that two babies give Rosmery
attention. She is around the camp very
often than before, she just have look at
them from a distance when the ranger
trained both of babies climb on the
tree, and she come back to the forest
for sleep after all babies back to their
special box. It does not take long time
to train them on the tree. They still
tiny, but they learn fast, they capable
to play around the tree which is the
ranger still keep an eye to them.
We know
Rosmery is always around their playing
tree, she never go to the forest
anymore after that babies come, her
eye always pointed to one of them.
When they are in the cage after full
day playing Rosmery come and play with
both of them from out side the cage.
The Ranger realized, Rosmery would
like to take one of them as her
adopted just alike Tosido But she can
not ask to the ranger.. We think
Rosmery give her attention to Astra,
because he is the small one, then we
give Astra to her. Seem she like Astra
but her eye still on an other one in
the cage, That is Darmono. Then we
have an idea, as usually during
morning after they having breakfast,
they will play around the playing tree
but this time none of ranger close to
them.
As Our plan, Rosmery come by and spent
few minutes with both of them and then
she took Darmono up on her shoulder
without sign any paper, Darmono is
crying, Astra too, their hand strongly
tide each other, Both realized that
they will be separate, we can not help
Astra. Rosmery take Darmono to the
forest
Days after He loss his brother, Astra
get sick, none of food come to his a
little mouth, He is soo sad, and at
the end Astra Dead.....
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