Feeding time
At Sepilok the best seat in the house is a wooden bench in the rain. Nobody minds.
The boardwalk fills up quietly from about half past nine. People whisper without being asked. Then a ranger walks out onto the platform with a basket of fruit, and the forest starts to move.
They come in along the ropes, one hand at a time, in no particular hurry. A mother arrives with a baby clamped to her back and takes the best spot without discussion.
The centre has been taking in orphaned orangutans since 1964, and the whole idea is that one day they stop coming. A quiet feeding is good news.
“A quiet feeding is good news.”
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