National Geographic’s Most Incredible Photos of 2016

Climbing High

This photo was originally published in “Inside the Private Lives of Orangutans,” in December 2016.

Although the heaviest males can weigh north of 200 pounds, Bornean orangutans are fairly capable of climbing trees more than one hundred feet tall. Case in point, this orangutan, who was tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig.

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