These were WILD orangutans. We tried our best to keep our distance and NEVER tried to touch them. The goal was to observe them while trying not to affect their natural behavior. That being said over my year there I did get charged by one of the big dominant males in the area on three separate occasions which are its own terrifying story to tell another time.
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Since a lot of people are asking. I am an American who studied biology in college. How I got this job was a combination of luck and preparation. I worked my butt off in college and had field experience and then we had a guest speaker one day who is a big name in orangutan conservation research talk to us.