by Hotli Simanjuntak for the Jakarta Post
Rangers at the Jantho conservation forest in Aceh Besar, Aceh, were carrying out routine monitoring when they found a female orangutan named Mongki carrying a baby orangutan on Nov. 7.
The team believed it was Mongki’s baby. They have subsequently named the baby animal Mameh, which means “sweet” in the local language.
“Mameh is the second baby orangutan born in the Jantho reintroduction forest,” said Ian Singleton, the director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP), which manages the forest in collaboration with the Aceh Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA).
Mongki was released into the wild in Jantho in 2011.
Mongki had previously been spotted three times this year.
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