- The cute primates also hang from trees and wait while their school lunch is prepared in the forest
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Young orangutan orphans have been spotted being pushed around in a wheelbarrow at a rehabilitation center in Indonesia.
The adorable primates, aged between three and seven years, are cared for by surrogate mothers, a practice used at all Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation centers.
Not only are they taken on a wheelbarrow ride across a wooden terrace through the rainforest area, but you also see them hanging from trees waiting while their school lunch is prepared in the forest.
Other images show them playfully posing for the camera and huddled in a group enjoying each other’s company.
The orangutans are being rehabilitated at the centers in the hope that they can learn natural skills and one day return to the forest.
The adorable snaps were taken in two centers in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Founded in 1991, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is the world’s largest orangutan conservation organization.
Orangutans between 3 and 7 years old are transported in a wheelbarrow by surrogate mothers, a practice used in all BOS Foundation centers for efficiency
Young orangutans are transported in a wheelbarrow by surrogate mothers through the rainforest area in Borneo, Indonesia
An orangutan hangs and swings among the trees at the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Orangutans between the ages of 3 and 7 are transported in a wheelbarrow by surrogate mothers
A group of young orangutans huddled in a nursery group at the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Kalanaman (left), Avo (right), 3-year-old orangutans in the nursery group of the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Onyer, a three-year-old male orangutan in the nursery group of the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, makes a funny face
Greta (right) and Kaladan (below), aged about 7, watch as their school lunch is prepared in the forest by surrogate mothers at the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Baimah, a 3-year-old female orangutan, makes a strange face during a forest school moment at the BOS Foundation’s Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Center
Onyer and Avo, three-year-old orangutans in the nursery group of the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, look on lovingly
Monita, a 6-year-old female orangutan, appears tired at Group 5 forest school of the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Baun (left), Greta (right) and Kaladan (below), aged about 7, watch their school lunch being prepared in the forest by surrogate mothers at the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Jeni makes a cute expression while involved in forest school activities at BOS Foundations’ Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
Surrogate mothers from the BOS Foundation are seen offering coconuts to orangutans during forest school, which provides a refreshing experience as many of the orangutans especially love coconut
Monyo (left) and Jeni (right), both 5 years old, hanging from branches at the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center
An orangutan hangs and swings among the trees at the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center