Orang Utan

Back to the zoo a few days ago, I found this scene which made me think of my own family.

Here was this beautiful female Oran Utan, who was perched on top of a man-made station. She was motionless for a long time, despite other co-inhabitants moving about freely around her.

I was happy, as she would make a perfect subject, so I started to shoot her with my camera.

I was mersmerized by her, as I saw through the lens, as she made perfect eye contact. It was at that same time that a small head popped up at the bottom of the screen. There was her infant Orang Utan on her lap, who was sleeping till then, and just woken up. Click. Click. Click.

As I finished clicking, it dawned on me, as to why she was motionless for such a long time. She was being a bed for her beautiful baby. Whether its humans or animals, I think mothers get comfortably numb for the sake of their kids. Hats off to them.


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