A Sumatran orangutan used a canopy bridge to cross a road that had split his community in two in a world-first moment for the species, according to conservationists.
Footage shared by the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) shows the primate swinging across the rope bridge over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which became an essential route for local people when it opened in 2024, but created a physical barrier for around 350 wild orangutans and put them at risk of inbreeding and eventual extinction, SOS said.
