The Borneo Conservation Trust Japan (BCTJ) has released the photograph of a young orangutan crossing a “suspension bridge” made of recycled fire hoses from Japan, reports The Mainichy Daily News. The BCTJ built the suspension bridge across the Kinabatangan River in collaboration with the Sabah state government two years ago to re-connect orang utan habitats segregated by plantations.
“We had received some reports of sightings that orangutans were using the bridge, and the photograph demonstrated that the bridge is actually serving to connect their divided habitats,” BCTJ director Mariko Morii said in the report.
“We hope the animals will also use the second bridge we’ve constructed over another river.”
Here is the picture of orang utan crossing the fire hoses bridge.
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