Secret Lives of Orangutans
TVPG
Special
Documentary
Following a multi-generational orangutan family through their treetop triumphs and travails in the pristine jungles of Sumatra.
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Matt Roush says...
What is it with TV and the primate kingdom? There’s Bad Monkey on Apple TV+, Chimp Crazy on HBO and now the latest from nature maven Sir David Attenborough, our guide to the jungles of Sumatra, where we meet a multigenerational tribe of great apes who share 97 percent of our DNA. Among the fascinating orangutans on display: Rakus, who made news as the first wild animal to be filmed treating a wound with a medicinal herb.
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