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Drone drops snacks for orangutan fitness


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Malu, a 125-kilogram orangutan at Melbourne Zoo, is being encouraged to exercise through an innovative feeding program. Keepers use a drone to drop food parcels onto 12-metre towers, prompting the 22-year-old ape to climb and forage as he would in the wild. The program has successfully motivated Malu to climb platforms and swing on ropes while hunting for his meals.

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