All language subtitles for Orangutan Diary Series 1 5of5_Subtitles01.ENG

'Last time on Orangutan Diary,

'an orphan was rescued
in a tense stand-off.

'Ellie and Grendon were doing well
at their forest school,

'learning to be wild orangutans.

'Meanwhile little Lomon took
his first tentative steps up a tree.

'The most memorable moment
was when big male Zorro

'was released onto an island,
after 13 miserable years behind bars.

'The Borneo Orangutan
Survival Foundation,

'looks after rescued
and confiscated orangutans.

'With over 450 animals to look after

'Lone Droscher-Nielsen and her team
are always busy.

'They work round the clock to
care for and educate the orangutans.

'The aim is to return as many animals
as possible back to the wild.

'Most are victims
of the palm oil industry.

'With rainforest being destroyed
to make way for plantations,

'the orangutans are left
with nowhere to go.

'In the last decade,

'over five million hectares
of orangutan habitat

'have been wiped out
by the palm oil industry alone.

'Today, Steve has come
to rescue yet another victim.'

Well, these people have managed
to capture this orangutan,

which is quite a feat in itself.

Unfortunately the only thing
they could keep it in

is this concrete drain.

As you can see,
it's not in the best condition now.

Very, very weak. Quite distressed.
A little bit cut up.

Trying to escape every five minutes.

This is a common sight
to find them in.

They were in the middle of
this huge palm oil plantation.

These orangutans wander in
from the forest,

and are easy to spot,

walking around
when there's no real cover at all.

Obviously,
with it being a wild animal,

it's not going to be used
to being handled,

so sedation is absolutely essential.

Alex is one of the vets
from the centre and he will do that.

There we go.

All right, little one.
There we go.

It's looking pretty dried up
and quite dehydrated as well.

Those eyes are all gummed up
with dust and dirt.

It will take a bit of time
for that sedative to take effect.

You have to be careful
with a distressed animal

and dehydrated and possibly injured.

It's always a concern
using anaesthetics.

So it's a bit of a critical period.
Just to keep a close eye on him.

'Every morning
the Forest School 1 orangutans,

'head out into the forest.

'There's always an excited,
happy mood

'and I can't wait to see how
my favourite pupil has progressed.'

At Forest School 1 there has been
a remarkable transformation recently.

One individual
has shot to the top of the class,

and it is Lomon who's behind me.

He has changed so much.

Not only is he seriously starting
to grow hair,

so he doesn't look so bald,
but his character has changed.

His eyes are so much brighter.

He doesn't sit around any more,
like a weary old man.

The best thing of all
is that he has started to climb.

In fact, Lomon is doing so well.

He's a bit older than
all the other orphans in this group.

He's beginning to tire of them,

so he's going to be moved up
to join some slightly older orphans.

He'll still be the eldest
by a long way.

He's starting to get
a bit more relaxed now.

He's started to nod his head.

His eyes are drooping a bit.

Remember,
these guys are extremely strong.

An adult male orangutan would be
seven times stronger than a human.

Even though we are trying to help
it, it can't tell, obviously.

Yeah, so be warned.

Steady, steady, petal.

Obviously, we can't even get in
to assess its anaesthetic depth,

but it looks fairly out of it now.

'It's hard to know
how long the anaesthetic will last.

'It is important to get
the orangutan out quickly.'

LOCAL LANGUAGE

She's just got some...

'With her out of that concrete pipe

'the next step is
to assess any injuries.

Yeah, it feels more like a... Yeah.

There's a subluxation.
It's a dislocation.

It's out of joint.

Yes, a dislocation.

We should get her back
to the centre as soon as possible.

Oh dear. He's going to be a pretty
confused ape when he wakes up.

'We're heading back to the centre.

'We witness the problem
that our rescued orangutan faced,

'the deforestation
of Borneo's rainforests.'

It's the speed and the scale
that I...

It just...
It's just beggar's belief.

I foolishly thought
it was all done with chain saws,

and that it takes time.

The speed these machines rip
through. They're homes there.

Not only for orangutans.

I can't think of the number of
creatures that are buried in here.

They've just absolutely flattened
everything.

This is the price of palm oil.

But it doesn't have to be.

There are palm oil companies
out there not doing this.

We've got to get our heads
round this.

There are ways around this.
We don't need to do this.

Look at what's left.

Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

'Lomon is moving up to one of the
senior classes in Forest School 1.

'It's a great progression.

'He and his new classmates still face
another five years of schooling.'

This is your new class, Lomon.

They look quite mischievous
some of them!

Oh, hello!

Well, just look at that!

It's on the ground
and it should be up a tree,

but that's a good start.

That's how a wild orangutan
would build a nest.

It would pull the branches in
from the side and fold them over.

He is finding his branches
that are too big,

and he's gnawing a bit off to use.

What I find incredible is
that a lot of that must be instinct.

They also learn off each other

That's why it's great
these orphans

can be put together
in a big group like this.

Although they live solitary lives
in the wild,

they can be very sociable animals.

They're solitary in the wild
because of food dispersal.

Lomon is interacting so much
with the other orphans.

He's so different to before.

It was a good move
to move him into this group.

The orphans are more his size,

and they're a lot more active,
as you can see.

They all seem to be climbing
all the time.

I'm sure that encourages him
to climb more.

Well, look at that!
Lomon at the top of a tree!

I did think
that I might never see that.

Not only is he climbing,
but climbing so confidently.

Lomon really has been incredible.

One day he wasn't climbing, and
the next minute he was up a tree.

It's almost as if he really took
his time to eat and eat

and then he thought,

"OK, I'll do
what an orangutan does,"

which is climb a tree.

'Our rescued orangutan is
recovering in her new accommodation,

'so I'm taking the chance to check
up on another recent arrival.

'Yesterday,
baby Amber was confiscated

'after some tricky negotiations
between Lone and Amber's captor.'

Oh! Hello, Amber.

Hello.

What? What? Come on, then.

ORANGUTAN SQUEALS

Come on. Come on.

You're a bit frightened.

Beautiful eyes.
(That's better, isn't it?)

You're just another statistic.

One more tiny orphan that's had
an absolutely crappy start to life.

To think
what she must have witnessed,

with her mother being killed
in front of her,

and then being taken into
what was quite inappropriate care.

If Amber had come in with her mum,

we'd only have to find
a suitable release site for them

and get them back out
into the wild.

Because her mum was killed,

she's committed
to at least six years,

being educated on how to be
a wild orangutan again.

'In Forest School 1,
play time is over.

'Now it's back to work for Lomon
and his new classmates.'

Time for an important lesson.

There aren't predators
on the forest floor in Borneo,

but they do have snakes,

We have to teach them to be afraid
when they see a snake.

I'm not going to bring a real snake,

but I have got, under my T-shirt,
a realistic-looking rubber snake.

Hopefully, none of them are looking.

I'm going to plant it
on the floor here,

wait for one of them to see it,

and then I'll react
in a slightly hysterical way

and see if I can frighten them.

Obviously, there's no point
pointing the snake out.

I have to wait for one
of the orphans to find the snake.

That's when I've got to react
and make them scared of it.

Oops! Hey, look at that!
That is a great reaction.

That one's seen it,
and then we are start going...

Leave! No, no, no!
Bad snake! Bad snake! Bad snake.

Oh! Bad snake! Bad snake!

Run! Run! Run!

Run! Run! Run! No, no, no!

Naughty snake! Gone!

Oh, sweet! Sweet!

Did you see the way
they were clinging on to each other?

I think they got the general idea.

They weren't as frightened
as I was hoping they'd be.

If I saw a snake,
I wouldn't kill it,

but it is an important lesson
for the orangutans to learn.

'Lomon isn't the only orangutan
starting a new class today.

'Ellie and Grendon
are also up for assessment,

'but which one of them
has made the grade?'

It turns out that you were very
quiet to start off with.

As she's got more settled in,
she's more mischievous.

She's been a bit too boisterous
with the smaller ones in this group.

We are going to find you
a new group a bit more your size

for you to play with.

We thought Grendon
would be the feisty one.

He's been held back
because he's a little bit slow.

Time to go.

Time to go. Oh, like a dead weight.
I want to stay here.

Come on, petal... Yes!

Well, yet another adventure!

"Oops," she says. "Don't drop me."

'It's great to see Ellie
move up a group.

'At first, she was so nervous
she couldn't eat or drink.

'Thanks to the team of baby-sitters,
her progress has been remarkable.'

Right, El. Let's have a look.

Look at all these new folk
to play with. These are your size.

Ah, there we go.

Look, she's gone straight
for the baby-sitter.

She'll settle in there quickly.

This is much better,

because most of these guys are much
more similar in age and size to her.

She'll settle in here well.

'With Ellie settling in
with her new school mates,

'I'm keen to see how Grendon's
coping without his best buddy.'

Grendon's making himself
a nice nest.

It's not very high,
but at it's at least a nest!

It's quite an ingenious design
because all they do
is find a crook in a branch

or some overlying branches,

and then just keep folding leaves
and branches down in.

You need some more branches.

Here. That's it.

Keep pulling them in.
Weaving them down.
I'll give you a hand.

Give you some more. There you go.

It looks comfortable.

He sort of presses it down
with his feet.

This one looks
like it is going to fall over,

and tip him onto the floor!

It's getting lower, Grendon.

HE LAUGHS

Imagine this, though, 60 ft up.

I wouldn't want to sleep in it.

What happened?
It was all looking so good.

That's not going to help, mate.

You should consider
another profession.

I think the frustration
is starting to show!

"This is rubbish!"

Today, is an exciting day
for one of our orangutans.

Sheba, the one I picked up
from the airport.

We've been waiting
a while for her test results.

She's TB-free,

which means she can come out
of the cage and go into the forest.

She's going to be let out
with two other orangutans

that have been in cages.

Hey, Sheba!

Wrong way, Sheba!

It must be so fantastic for them
to get out from these barred cages,

and go out into the forest
and start climbing trees.

It will be interesting to see
how they react.

LOCAL LANGUAGE

Hello!

Lone, how do you reckon
they will react once we stop?

If I have to be honest,
I don't know.

I guess they're all different.

Sheba has a nice personality,

but she can easily get excitable.

Is it usual for them
to go straight up a tree?

Some do.
They see a tree and go straight off.

Others just sit and look at them.

LOCAL LANGUAGE

Look at Sheba go! That is amazing!

She's gone straight up that tree.
How would she know how to climb?

It's just instinct.

We don't know if she's been
in captivity her whole life.

We just know it's been some time.

It's very difficult. If we...

Most animals we get in have been
in captivity since they were one.

If they are older,
they are difficult to tame.

When we were at the airport,
she came out of that box very calm.

With her teddy bear.

It must be great for you

to get them out of the cages,
and into the forest
to start rehabilitation.

It's always... Getting them
out of there, it's just always a...

Well, it's just a happy day.

'I've come to a quarantine
to check on the female

'with the dislocated ankle
that was rescued this morning.'

Hello. Hello, little one.

She just looks
so much better already.

Just cleaned up,
she looks a 100% better.

As you can see she is actually using
that right foot quite well,

so it's not holding her back.

This is a really simple process.

If wild orangutans
are fit, healthy,

and pass the quarantine tests,

then there is no reason
why she can't be in the trees,

living out her life
as she should be.

'The Borneo Orangutan
Survival Foundation

'is hoping to secure over 300,000
hectares of primary rainforest,

'where these orangutans
can be released.

'Until the Indonesian authorities
give the go-ahead,

the rescued orangutans
must stay here.'

This might be a simple process,

but it is a huge problem,
and it's getting bigger and bigger.

These are more quarantine cages
having to be built

because more wild orangutans
are being brought here.

'These orangutans aren't the only
ones waiting for a wild release
site.'

'There are also those who have
graduated to living on the islands.

'This is the last stage of schooling
before they are released back into
the wild.

'We're keen to see how one of
the latest arrivals is getting on.

'I brought over Zorro yesterday.

'Unlike most of the others,

'Zorro was a fully grown adult

'when he was confiscated
from the illegal pet trade.

'All he has ever known
is the inside of a cage,

'so we are not sure
how he'll respond

'to his first taste of freedom.

'As we approach the island,

'we are met by a massive
male orangutan, Hercules.'

Look at the size of him!
What a fantastic male!

He is coming closer.
I'm going to get into the boat.

'With Hercules patrolling the beach,

'it's too dangerous for us
to go any further.'

He is enormous!

The good thing is
he hates getting all that hair wet.

I'm being a light-hearted,

but we really do have to remember
he is a very strong lad.

He's a third heavier than I am,

and he can still lift
all his body weight on one arm.

That's pretty strong.

It looks like he's had enough of us.
He's going to sit in the shade.

I think
he's satisfied his curiosity.

It's going to be difficult
to find Zorro,

if we are worried about Hercules.

They will leave
the technicians with him.

If he starts coming back this way,
they'll give us a whistle.

'Hercules is used to the technicians,

'so he should be fairly relaxed
in their presence.

'While they keep him distracted,
we can check up on Zorro.'

I wonder how far he's gone?
Oh, look. There he is.

Oh, that's fantastic!

Oh my God!
Look how high he is, Steve.

I didn't think he'd be this quick.

I thought he'd be sat on
that platform for days and confused.

This is just incredible!

The last time I saw him,

he was in his cage
just going round in circles,

so to see what he should be doing,

which is climbing a tree,
is astonishing.

That's just great.

The technicians said
that he's slept in the trees.

He's not come down.

It's as if he's saying,

"You're not getting me in the cage.
I'm staying up here, basically."

He just looks like he belongs there.

He just looks like
he's just taken to it.

It's like he's always been up there.

I'd so love to be standing here
in a few years' time,

looking up a tree like that
and see Lomon.

'Thanks to Lone and the Borneo
Orangutan Survival Foundation,

'hundreds of orangutans
like Zorro, Grendon and Lomon

'are given a second chance.

'But the situation
is at a critical level,

'with increasing numbers of
orangutans arriving on
an almost daily basis,

'the centre is being
pushed to the limit.

'If the relentless destruction
of Borneo's rainforest continues,

'wild orangutans
will be extinct within 10 years.

'And we simply can't
let that happen.'