The baby orangutan at Usti nad Labem Zoo in Czech Republic.
Czech Republic: A three-week-old baby orangutan charmed crowds at a Czech zoo on one of its first public outings, clinging tight to its mother and attempting a few clumsy climbs.
Baby Cantik, whose sex has yet to be determined but keepers believe is female, was born at the Usti nad Labem zoo last month, the fifth child of mother Nuninka, with whom she was seen playing on Tuesday. Cantik, whose father Nunak appeared in a 1989 Czech film “Two people in the zoo”, is in good health, the zoo said. Nuninka’s first baby died but three other males have since been transferred to other zoos in Germany and Holland. Orangutans live up to the age of 40 in the wild but can live into their 50s in captivity.
