October 3, 2005

8 responses to The Orangutan Weightlifter

1. Scott Says:
   January 10th, 2006 at 1:53 pm

   Strange. Very strange.

2. Kris Says:
   January 10th, 2006 at 6:47 pm

   Just did a few searches in Chinese in an attempt to locate more info on this but found nothing useful. Would be interesting to know how heavy the weights were and whether there were any other animals contending for the coveted weightlifting trophy (a banana?).

3. Måns Says:
   January 10th, 2006 at 11:29 pm

   And besides, why can’t the reporters get it right? That, in the pic, is a chimp and not an orangutan.

4. Måns Says:
   January 10th, 2006 at 11:31 pm

   …and I think your writing of the city’s name might be more accurate than the caption as well. Oh, well, it IS a FREE paper…

5. Kris Says:
   January 11th, 2006 at 4:38 am

   Hmmm… I was thinking the very same thing about this being one shady orangutan. Orangutans have a clear shade of orange (which is NOT the reason why they are called orangutans), are hairier and should be a bit bigger. Here’s a good link with pictures of both chimps and orangutans. Thanks for pointing this out.

   And yes, they got the city name spelling wrong too. I might not be much of an “apeologist”, but I know wrong pinyin when I see it.

6. Kris Says:
   November 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 pm

   Looks like the real orangutans were too busy Thai boxing to join this weightlifting meet (BBC story). Thanks to Scott for mentioning this curiosity.

7. manta ray Says:
   October 19th, 2007 at 12:46 am

   Orangutans are much stronger anyway
   How can the reporter think that its an orangutan

8. Anna Says:
   July 5th, 2010 at 3:34 am

   This is a disgraceful photo! This is indeed a chimpanzee and it is being full exploited fyi.
   Shameful.

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