Or he may skip the warm-up and simply rape her, as young male orangutans do nearly every time they encounter a female.

On the island of Kaja, a male orangutan was observed using a pole to acquire fish from a net after observing local humans spear fishing.

This was followed in 2011 with the release of the first male zoo-born orangutan, Semeru, into the wild.

Unlike many other primates, male orangutans do not seem to practice infanticide.

The only serious, but undocumented, report of such an incident taking place, is primatologist Birutė Galdikas' report that her cook was sexually assaulted by a male orangutan.

This orangutan, though, was raised in captivity and may have suffered from a skewed species identity, and forced copulation is a standard mating strategy for low-ranking male orangutans.

Oliver: The male orangutan who owns a toy shop.

A male Bornean orangutan was born on January 23, 2006.

Some other ornaments include shoulder capes in the hamadryas baboons and cheek flanges in male orangutans.

The character, while identified as female, was portrayed by a trained male orangutan named BamBam from March 14, 2003 to April 25, 2005.