Baby orangutan Emen will need some years of protection from his mother to surviveNetflix
Secret Lives of OrangutansSilverback FilmsNetflix
One of humanity’s closest relatives, orangutans have provided some of the most memorable moments of David Attenborough’s latter filmography. Who can forget the older female with her construction skills in The Life of Mammals? Or the sobering footage in A Life on Our Planet of one orangutan clinging on to the last remaining tree in an area gutted by deforestation?
Now, for the first time in his TV career, Attenborough has dedicated a whole documentary to these endangered…