What Orangatan Eyes Can See

Today has been a challenge. The sky was soggy and the air and communication was a bit grey. I went to The Como Zoo. I was able to get all of the primates to run around their habitats, and the zebras and the giraffe heard me, and came my way as well. 7 of the 8 gorillas were outside even though it was misting a bit. Movement, eye contact, and foraging behaviors were good. At a certain point, two of the young adult male silver backs BOTH scented at the same time right in front of me. This is not something they do in front of zoo personel or each other. It was so cool. The orangotans were ALL outside when I arrived and even the huge adult male was moving in the habitat with dexterity. On my other visits, they have pretty much stayed inside, unless the big male sat in the doorway and then they sat there waiting to come in. I had announced my zoo visit to someone, so their telepathy may have placed THEM outside for research purposes (for THEM to study ME). I sat on a bench and watched them for a few minutes and then the huge male flagged his dominance with a huge roar across the whole habitat. He ran all of them down. I felt like he was responding to some very dangerous and "sinful" telepathy. I feel the gorillas were involved as well in a mean way. This dominant male orangatan now guards my anatomy against disease and deceit. I think that this is the beginning to a beautiful father/ daughter relationship.