It took me 15 years to habituate her," she said. "There was an older female named Priscilla. Galdikas said it took years for some wild orangutans to become accustomed to her presence. The epic story of 3 legendary women who fought to save the great apes & inspired a generation.Wild orangutans are not used to humans, and when they spotted Galdikas, they often moved away as quickly as they could. She subsequently tracked down other orangutans in the area, and she'd try to follow them as they went about their lives. The interaction only lasted about a minute, but Galdikas was hooked.
"We were in a boat and the orangutan immediately moved away from the river, squeaked - she didn't throw any branches, but she moved away very rapidly," she said. The first time Galdikas saw an orangutan, it was by a river's edge. An adult male Bornean orangutan, pictured here in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia.
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