6-month-old Sumatran orangutan settling in at Zoo Atlanta
Nangka and Madu at Zoo ATL
ATLANTA - Nangka, the 6-month-old infant Sumatran orangutan who arrived at Zoo Atlanta on Sept. 8, recently began exploring his new outdoor habitat with his adoptive mother, Madu.
Nangka is Madu's 5th adoptive infant. When it became apparent following his birth at the Sacramento Zoo on May 1, 2023, that his biological mother was not likely to provide appropriate maternal or interest or care for him, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Orangutan Species Survival Plan® (SSP) recommended that the youngster be transferred to Atlanta to join Madu.
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The zoo says that Nangka and Madu can be spotted in the Asian Forest when it is above 50 degrees outside and is sunny.