The 2-month-old critically endangered orangutan, still so tiny that infant-sized diapers hung loosely in front of his belly, clung tightly to a caretaker’s fingers as she lifted him gently from her lap.
Roux, born Christmas Eve 2021, needs to get strong enough to hold onto his mother 24 hours a day -- and 12-year-old Menari is the “wild child” of the Audubon Zoo's orangutans, said Kelsey Forbes, the assistant curator of primates.
