BBC's 'Spy in the Wild' sees orangutan use SAW to cut tree

An orangutan has been captured performing DIY higher than some people. 

The unimaginable new footage reveals a feminine nice ape utilizing a noticed to skilfully divide a department in two. 

The proficient ape makes use of her proper hand to carry the instrument and her toes to grip the tree department like a vice. She even blows away the sawdust to examine her work like a real craftsman. 

She beforehand learnt this abilities by watching builders at work within the area. When she spots a robotic orangutan copying her behaviour, the nice ape instantly turns into extra aggressive.

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An orangutan has been captured performing DIY higher than some people. Unimaginable new footage reveals a feminine nice ape utilizing a noticed to skilfully divide a department in two

SPY IN THE WILD 

At first sight they give the impression of being precisely like the actual factor – cute, cuddly and in some circumstances terrifying creatures of the wild.

It is solely whenever you take a better look that you simply realise the celebrities of BBC1's good new wildlife collection Spy In The Wild are nothing of the kind.

The monkey, orangutan, crocodile, ostrich and 30 different 'creatures' that take centre stage on this gorgeous collection are extraordinarily lifelike robots, with miniature cameras fitted the place their eyes needs to be, designed to document beforehand unseen behaviour of their real-life counterparts. 

The scenes have been filmed in Borneo as a part of the UK BBC One collection 'Spy In The Wild', which options eerily practical robots disguised as a collection of various animals.

In the course of the fascinating footage, the feminine organtutan can also be launched to the reveals' robotic model of herself.  

After some moments of filming, the robotic orangutan sits alongside her whereas performing the identical job. Right here facial expressions mirror these of the actual orang utilizing distant management and make her really feel comfy

Somewhat than be postpone, the feminine turns into aggressive, furiously sawing to beat her rival. 

'Nobody suspected that any totally wild orangutan knew the approach however this one out of the blue picked up a noticed and used it,' a programme spokesperson mentioned.

'Spy Orangutan had been programmed to noticed, too, and when the actual orangutan noticed her sawing, it appeared to spur her on.'

The scenes have been filmed in Borneo as a part of the UK BBC One collection 'Spy In The Wild', which options eerily practical robots disguised as a collection of various animals. Pictured is the robotic orangutan

The feminine orangutan can also be proven utilizing tree bark as cleaning soap and rubbing it over her arms. Over 40 years in the past, orangutans in the identical area of Borneo had noticed native folks washing in a close-by river and found easy methods to use cleaning soap, and he or she could have discovered the trick on this approach

A 'Spy Bushbaby' infiltrates the world of chimpanzees witnessing their drawback fixing and gear making earlier than they use that to activate him

ORANGUTAN INTELLIGENCE 

Orangutans have lengthy been identified to own a excessive diploma of intelligence.  

A number of years in the past, the primary blueprint of the orangutan genetic code has confirmed that they share 97 per cent of their DNA with folks.

Though that makes the red-haired apes much less intently associated to us than chimps - who've 99 per cent of DNA in frequent - a small portion of orangutan DNA is a better match to human DNA, a global staff of researchers discovered.  

They adept at utilizing quite a few subtle instruments to assemble meals and in addition make sleeping nests every evening.

The scenes will likely be aired tonight at 8pm GMT within the second episode of 'Spy within the Wild', which focuses on animal intelligence. 

Producer Matt Gordon has labored with primates for over 15 years however what he and the crew witnessed modified his view of those creatures eternally. 

They labored with world's foremost authority on Orangutans, scientist, Dr Biruté Galdikas. Throughout one other unimaginable second, they witnessed the orangutan utilizing 'cleaning soap'.

Over 40 years in the past, orangutans in the identical area of Borneo had noticed native folks washing in a close-by river and found easy methods to use cleaning soap. 

Nonetheless, the staff noticed a brand new piece of behaviour that would make clear their behaviour. 

An orangutan, chewing on tree bark, produced related foam from her saliva, rubbed it on her arm then ate it, presumably as a type of self-medication. 

This implies cleaning soap washing could have unfold so quick as a result of it mirrored one thing they already do naturally. 

Spy Macaw examine the key rainforest clay licks the place birds have learnt concerning the jungle medication which thrives on a cliff face. When meals is scarce they need to survive on fruit and nuts that are toxic – the clay is an antidote and prevents the poison

In one other unimaginable scene from the present, a 'Spy Sea Otter' takes viewers to the center of the ocean otter colony, revealing their ingenious strategies of discovering a meal

Pictured is a spy ostrich chick in nest with ostrich chicks in South Africa. The present has given viewers an unprecedented glimpse into animal life

In one other unimaginable scene from the present, a 'Spy Sea Otter' takes viewers to the center of the ocean otter colony, revealing their ingenious strategies of discovering a meal.

In the meantime a robotic squirrel delves into the world of squirrels and reveals how they use mind and trickery to beat nut thieves.

A 'Spy Bushbaby' infiltrates the world of chimpanzees witnessing their drawback fixing and gear making earlier than they use that to activate him.

And robotic sloth meets an actual sloth and discovers the unimaginable jungle pharmacy that exists amongst his fur in addition to a miracle tree that provides cures for nearly all illnesses. 

In the meantime, one other clip reveals capuchin monkey changing into annoyed when it tries to open a nut

A robotic sloth (proper) meets an actual sloth (left) and discovers the unimaginable jungle pharmacy that exists amongst his fur in addition to a miracle tree that provides cures for nearly all illnesses

In the meantime, in unprecedented element, Spy Termite catches one of many world's cleverest animal tricksters, the drongo, as he tries to outwit a gaggle of meerkats within the battle for meals. 

In the meantime, one other clip reveals capuchin monkey changing into annoyed when it tries to open a nut.  

The primary episode of the present was met with good evaluations. 

In our stand-out scene, a gaggle of langur monkeys errors a robotic as one in all its personal, and even goes right into a state of grief when the robotic is mistakenly dropped from a peak.

A robotic squirrel delves into the world of squirrels and reveals how they use mind and trickery to beat nut thieves

The monkeys amazingly absorb one of many robotic infants as their very own, changing into hooked up to it.

However when the robotic is by accident dropped, the monkeys go right into a state of grief, hugging one another for consolation.

Matthew Gordon, senior producer of the programme, mentioned: 'We felt this calm and silence coming over them.

'All of the noise they have been making at first simply went utterly silent after which they hugged one another.' 

John Downer, govt producer of the programme, mentioned: 'It was a voyage of discovery. We have been by no means fairly sure what we have been going to find.

'You by no means know you are going to be getting a chimp who takes a kitten as a pet. That's extraordinary.

'It was so sudden and had by no means been filmed earlier than.' 

The monkeys amazingly absorb one of many robotic infants as their very own, changing into hooked up to it. However when the robotic is by accident dropped, the monkeys go right into a state of grief

The Spy within the Wild producers have been shocked when the monkeys took within the robotic as one in all their very own

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