Your Life as an Orangutan

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  • čas přidán 7. 05. 2024
  • In this video we discover what your life would’ve been like if you were born as an Orangutan
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Komentáře • 537

  • @mrhalfsaid1389
    @mrhalfsaid1389 Před 26 dny +494

    I love how the main joke of the vid is having Orangutans be as intelligent as humans just cause they want to stay as monke

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 Před 26 dny +20

      *E M B R A C E M O N K E*

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq Před 22 dny +17

      tbh some ppl arr dumber than orangutans

    • @krispingle
      @krispingle Před 8 dny +2

      Its accurate we make an active choice

  • @darkpandalord3844
    @darkpandalord3844 Před 24 dny +57

    Fun Fact: Humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas all have sweat glands, but orangutans lack them. The branch that would include the orangutans branched off our evolutionary tree before we evolved sweat glands.

    • @puloguffeltefush7745
      @puloguffeltefush7745 Před 24 dny +9

      damn, considering how OP sweat glands are, it's a shame for the orangutans :/

    • @DontLookNowBuddy
      @DontLookNowBuddy Před 21 dnem +4

      Why have sweat glands when it basically rains everyday?

  • @FrankBlaskovich
    @FrankBlaskovich Před 26 dny +88

    i love how many references you added to real life orangutan interactions, the jacket, golf cart, leaf medicine, etc

  • @leflamewolf
    @leflamewolf Před 25 dny +151

    Fun fact, as referenced at the end of the video many cultures that grew around orangutans have legends that they are actually capable of human speech but avoid doing so around people so that they won't be forced to work. Honestly? That's fair.

  • @Orangutanluvr84
    @Orangutanluvr84 Před 25 dny +89

    THE MEDICINE WOUND JOKE MADE MY ORANGUTAN RESEARCHER HEART HAPPY

    • @RyRy2057
      @RyRy2057 Před 25 dny +7

      same and didnt that come out like two days ago? damn this dude works fast

    • @Orangutanluvr84
      @Orangutanluvr84 Před 22 dny

      @@RyRy2057 it came out around 2 weeks ago. My high school anatomy teacher sent me that article when it first came out and since then, people have been talking to me about the new orangutan finding because everyone knows how much I love them.

  • @TwiggyPone3617
    @TwiggyPone3617 Před 26 dny +55

    8:44 I like how you incorporated the recent news that orangutans use medicinal plants into the video.

  • @justaguyontheinternet3893
    @justaguyontheinternet3893 Před 26 dny +504

    My favourite video in this account was when he made a video about Komodo Dragons/monitor lizards and he said “It’s Dragoning Time”

  • @trevorlee7953
    @trevorlee7953 Před 26 dny +29

    8:45 I like the reference to the orangutan found using plants to heap himself.

  • @IC3XR
    @IC3XR Před 25 dny +32

    Wow, the lives of Orangutans are actually pretty chill compared to most other animals.

  • @DnDj282
    @DnDj282 Před 25 dny +43

    Look what u did... now he has to pay taxes

  • @Potato_Fish682
    @Potato_Fish682 Před 26 dny +31

    This is genuinely my favorite series of youtube videos.

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 Před 25 dny +26

    8:45 I like the little detail of using the leaf as a way of tending to his wound. Orangutans actually do this, and this behavior was documented recently with an Orangutan who had an injury in the same spot the one in the video had. Great reference!

  • @docu-menter2702
    @docu-menter2702 Před 23 dny +23

    I want to add some very minor information : )
    Orangutans near research centre in Borneo sometimes like to imitate human bipedal stance, and sometimes even does bipedal walking on the ground. I am pretty sure it's uncomfortable for them to do that, but they do it for the lolz anyway.
    This is something that their Sumatran counterpart can't have as much, even if they are intrigued by how human walk. Because of...well...Tigers.

  • @gabrielneri2820
    @gabrielneri2820 Před 26 dny +24

    Guess now we just need a video on Gorillas to finish the "Ape Trilogy"
    And a video on Grizzlys to finish the "Bear Trilogy"

    • @Winter_Fan_01
      @Winter_Fan_01 Před 26 dny +1

      flawed logic, he didn't do the short faced black bear

  • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116

    Worst part of orangutans is they used to be all over Asia. Unfortunately, some humans and denisovians saw them as a food source…

    • @lokiserpentem8534
      @lokiserpentem8534 Před 26 dny +12

      Denisovans are a species of human

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Před 26 dny +3

      @@lokiserpentem8534 species of hominid, not human. Humans are homo-sapien, denisovians are not homo-sapiens. If you wanna make a deeper philosophical argument for what defines a human. But semantically, they are not humans.

    • @sejanus855
      @sejanus855 Před 25 dny +4

      Tbh I'm as sad though that non other homonid species pulled through to enter our modern age with us. Even though the racism against them would probably be...harsh. But Especially something like neanderthals or those smaller island hominids would have been so cool to have around

    • @Joseph2637-
      @Joseph2637- Před 25 dny

      Yucky

    • @lokiserpentem8534
      @lokiserpentem8534 Před 23 dny +1

      @@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 homo sapiens are classified as "modern humans" human refers to any member of the genus "homo"

  • @eddiebendigo7317
    @eddiebendigo7317 Před 23 dny +14

    I love how the kids are playing Guess Who and all the characters are from his previous videos.

  • @KyoushaPumpItUp
    @KyoushaPumpItUp Před 25 dny +21

    8:44 is a reference to a recent discovery about Orangutans using plants/herbs to heal wounds.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 24 dny +2

      That's actually not a recent discovery as a Borneo research team saw a few wild orangutans doing the same thing while on a study trip and a BBC crew filmed one doing it for a 2020 documentary. Funny thing is that the indigenous Dyak people use the same plant for healing wounds and pain so the question is did orangutans learn from humans or the other way around, as both species learn by copying.

  • @vincentclark5739
    @vincentclark5739 Před 25 dny +20

    I like the addition of them using local leaves to heal a wound on their face, like the recent article!

  • @bruh8025
    @bruh8025 Před 24 dny +16

    8:44 This is a reference to an Orangutan who used medicinal leaves to heal a facial wound which is pretty insane. I wonder what else I've missed.

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 Před 10 dny

      He will teaching that method to the generation bellow him

  • @riskybusinessish
    @riskybusinessish Před 25 dny +17

    the scratched face plant ointment application is very fresh and newly documented behaviour! well done to add it in!

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 24 dny +1

      Not new as a research team in Borneo saw a few wild orangutans doing the same thing once and a BBC crew captured one orangutan doing it while filming a 2020 documentary. Oddly enough, the indigenous ppl of Borneo also heal wounds and pain with the same plant so you have to wonder, who taught who??

    • @riskybusinessish
      @riskybusinessish Před 24 dny +1

      @@Cara-39 ty for the added information! and im sure we all know who taught who…

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 24 dny

      @@riskybusinessish Orangutans are great teachers, right?!

  • @Quad-px6ru
    @Quad-px6ru Před 25 dny +13

    keep making these their making the depression go away

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster7877 Před 25 dny +13

    Brilliant storytelling in this one! I love that this strays away from the often overused trope of orangutans being just passive victims of habitat loss and adapting to the influx of humans.

  • @aVerveQuest
    @aVerveQuest Před 11 dny +24

    Orangutans are so intelligent it's amazing to me they don't have a more social structure as adults, like Bonobos... well maybe not bonobos

  • @lucasrh6910
    @lucasrh6910 Před 23 dny +19

    The Orang Hutan, or Man of the Forest, is able to talk, but he prefers not to, lest he be compelled to labour

  • @Orangutanluvr84
    @Orangutanluvr84 Před 25 dny +18

    As a certified orangutan lover, I deeply appreciate this.

  • @hemlockshrooms2786
    @hemlockshrooms2786 Před 25 dny +18

    i didn't know they ate fish. very educational. i would give him my hat. i like how you included the legends about them. we appreciate all the research you do. i liked how the mating females had lipstick and dresses instead of wigs this time and thought it was very funny how the different ones just have different colored lipstick.

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  Před 25 dny +2

      Thank you! Thought it was about time to mix up the wigs

  • @sophray5467
    @sophray5467 Před 16 dny +13

    Primatology nerd here and I promise every hidden reference to a video or research finding was massively appreciated

  • @marcusyapmingfeng306
    @marcusyapmingfeng306 Před 11 dny +23

    Ngl I saw the Orangutan using medicinal plant referenced here.

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 Před 10 dny +5

      Yes, and more impressive, soon he will teaching that to another orangutans

  • @petarmilich8684
    @petarmilich8684 Před 11 dny +21

    Could we get a video about gorillas? You know, just to round out the great apes. And before anyone asks, I don’t think a video about bonobos would be able to be on CZcams without an age restriction.

  • @YellowPredator92
    @YellowPredator92 Před dnem +8

    At 8:44 was a nice little reference to that one male orangutan who was spotted rubbing herbs on his damage faced which later healed completely

  • @Jade_1872
    @Jade_1872 Před 13 dny +18

    Orangutans are one of my favorite animals I’m so happy to have been recommended this

  • @darkstarmatter5678
    @darkstarmatter5678 Před 14 dny +15

    6:27 My man really said, "you can't see me" and hit it back to the trees, lmao

  • @mehemmedmemmedov4937
    @mehemmedmemmedov4937 Před 26 dny +15

    Do life as a bonobo

  • @dudewithbasicpfp2439
    @dudewithbasicpfp2439 Před 26 dny +9

    These videos are very entertaining, and interesting/informative.
    I love biology and it's really cool to see the life cycle of specific species.
    Keep it up!

  • @Mr.idk.idc190
    @Mr.idk.idc190 Před 23 dny +17

    Please do one about ants they have a very interesting life and I think it would make for a good video

  • @davidoh14
    @davidoh14 Před 25 dny +9

    Self-medicating through plants Akar Kuning is simply beautiful to see

  • @TJ-hg6op
    @TJ-hg6op Před 2 dny +8

    Breaking News: Orangutans are reportedly chill like that

  • @JohanDuck
    @JohanDuck Před 25 dny +9

    the life of an orangutan is nice counterbalance to the fanta ad

  • @Andrej-tt1yi
    @Andrej-tt1yi Před 26 dny +15

    Indonesian proverb reference and medical leafs. Nice.

  • @AKthewinner
    @AKthewinner Před 7 dny +12

    I like how the video shows a lot of random things we've seen orangutans do in videos. Like driving golf carts and sawing wood

  • @jansasiadek2507
    @jansasiadek2507 Před 12 dny +16

    Looking at thumbnail, my silly ass thought orangutan was a pharoh

  • @male272
    @male272 Před 15 dny +14

    I'm old. This just became my favourite video of all time. Well done Mate...well ...done.

  • @lymb3914
    @lymb3914 Před 26 dny +16

    Sounds slightly less horrible than life as a chimp. Slightly.

  • @exalt2674
    @exalt2674 Před 25 dny +12

    I thought that the Orangutan would kill the guy instead of having to work.

  • @indianlibertarian6925
    @indianlibertarian6925 Před 26 dny +7

    I really appreciate the fact that all your drawings depict these gruesome as so cute

  • @MrMannerless
    @MrMannerless Před 22 dny +9

    I am torn for what my favourite part of these videos is: the narrator’s incredibly bored and lifeless voice, or the great animation and comedy choices!

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 Před 25 dny +6

    YES!!! A new YOUR LIFE AS!!!
    This series is fucking BRILLIANT

  • @grandpac6044
    @grandpac6044 Před 26 dny +14

    6:28 The John cena disappearance 😂😂

  • @katelynrushe9025
    @katelynrushe9025 Před 16 dny +10

    As someone whose social interaction has drastically declined since 2020 and now has red hair, I think there’s some truth to this origin story.

  • @grandpac6044
    @grandpac6044 Před 26 dny +11

    The idea that man doesn’t want to enslave them and put them in circuses, but instead as a new cog in the labor force machine. Also overall this has been one of the most peaceful videos🎉
    Besides the Grape…

  • @FrankBlaskovich
    @FrankBlaskovich Před 26 dny +7

    I have been waiting for this exact video for a long time, thank you for coveringmy favorite animal :)

  • @cro-magnoncarol4017
    @cro-magnoncarol4017 Před 25 dny +17

    Glad he didn't bring up what happens when they bump into a tourist with red hair...

  • @THECHEESELORD69
    @THECHEESELORD69 Před 8 dny +16

    Could we get a “your life as a human?”

  • @FreddyRangel85
    @FreddyRangel85 Před 25 dny +6

    My favorite part was when the John Cena “You can’t see me” hand wave 😂😂😂

  • @radicalradish
    @radicalradish Před 4 dny +15

    God I love orangutans so much

  • @mission.to.aether.1
    @mission.to.aether.1 Před 11 dny +16

    The suspicion by the human that he is pretending not to speak so he doesn't have to work is so real haha.
    Imagine if a group of hyper intelligent primates developed out of the blue. Humans would have them running in the rat race with the rest of us in a heartbeat

  • @marcdean4311
    @marcdean4311 Před 26 dny +6

    nice touch with the self medication reference

  • @frogglen6350
    @frogglen6350 Před 26 dny +8

    I love your videos. And orangutans. These animals are so smart and mostly peaceful.

  • @spacereturn8429
    @spacereturn8429 Před 26 dny +6

    James follows orangutan news pretty well

  • @GRKSAN001
    @GRKSAN001 Před 26 dny +5

    I LOVE JAMES TOLAND VIDEOS! 🤩🫶🏽

  • @GlassMelon
    @GlassMelon Před 18 dny +6

    The animations get better and better with each video.

  • @spacesuit7263
    @spacesuit7263 Před 26 dny +9

    This is a story about orangutan named Stanly

  • @BhaalDacco
    @BhaalDacco Před 25 dny +8

    pls never stop im your biggest fan

  • @PhantoRoyce
    @PhantoRoyce Před 22 dny +14

    Don’t pay bills. Don’t participate in society. Become monke

  • @ascenscionstallion2993
    @ascenscionstallion2993 Před 24 dny +9

    This video is one of your best

  • @KingofAces5912
    @KingofAces5912 Před 24 dny +6

    I am SO GLAD you still make these!

  • @robertdefoe2396
    @robertdefoe2396 Před 25 dny +13

    Would ask for How to Bonobo but that might get demonitised.

  • @GramLikesBread
    @GramLikesBread Před 26 dny +12

    Did you say learned behaviours create cultural differences between populations? That’s really interesting to just mention offhand!

    • @Jamestoland
      @Jamestoland  Před 26 dny +3

      Agree! Struggled to find a way to incorporate it into the video more

  • @flibbernodgets7018
    @flibbernodgets7018 Před 25 dny +4

    1:42 I love rambutan, glad it was included.

  • @Cara-39
    @Cara-39 Před 26 dny +4

    Yay!!! You said orangutan was on your list when I asked for it and I'm so happy to see my favorite animal - thank you!!

  • @ry1786
    @ry1786 Před 25 dny +9

    4:24 i believe that saw refrence was from BBC spy in the wild

  • @ehta2413
    @ehta2413 Před 26 dny +13

    Not to mention that lady version might end up in prostitution in Sumatra, so not a pretty ending for a grey-faced working class hero :D

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 25 dny +5

      That was such a horrific story. Poor Pony had been kept as a pet since a baby then chained to a bed in a brothel and raped by forest workers for years. Thankfully she was rescued but she was so traumatized that she'll likely never leave the sanctuary.

    • @sejanus855
      @sejanus855 Před 25 dny

      R....an ape....an ape. What the actual fuck. Why can't such people have an "accident" deep in the forest anymore, they're obviously not suitable for any kind of society

  • @androrobuiques9497
    @androrobuiques9497 Před 8 dny +16

    maurice

  • @tqjulia
    @tqjulia Před 23 dny +7

    Thank you for this talented video, humorous, great, refreshing! Thank you for efforts put in.

  • @johnbrock7991
    @johnbrock7991 Před 10 dny +9

    Maybe How to grizzly bear is next. 1:53 He’s done all of the animals on the trading cards except the grizzly/brown bear one unless it is a reference to the polar bear video.

  • @akknight1046
    @akknight1046 Před 25 dny +12

    Do a one on humans next.

    • @josephd.5524
      @josephd.5524 Před 25 dny +6

      Sort of did with the chimpanzee one.

  • @alphaaquilla1359
    @alphaaquilla1359 Před 24 dny +9

    life of an orca, osprey, termite and meerkat pls

  • @ChupacabraRex
    @ChupacabraRex Před 22 dny +8

    This is my new headcanon.

  • @HioshimaFried
    @HioshimaFried Před 21 dnem +4

    ngl dude, this one is ya best one today - alone from the beginning, you had me hooked, lined and sinked; good stuff!

  • @CommieApe
    @CommieApe Před 20 dny +5

    Mantis Shrimp would be really funny to see you do. These are amazing thank you.

  • @six106
    @six106 Před 26 dny +5

    Fun fact "orangutan" literally forest people

  • @DDViking
    @DDViking Před 23 dny +5

    Your life as an Octopus! Most amazing animal, oh i mean. Alien! 🐙

  • @GarryDKing
    @GarryDKing Před 26 dny +6

    This one's the funniest one yet!

  • @The_Captainn
    @The_Captainn Před 26 dny

    Fantastic work as always!

  • @iCuddleAfter6
    @iCuddleAfter6 Před 25 dny +7

    Another your life as video, thats bananas

  • @hevillepeacefoot8647
    @hevillepeacefoot8647 Před 26 dny +8

    I love all the meme references

  • @CenturionMkXIII
    @CenturionMkXIII Před 26 dny +9

    My god i love orangutans

  • @tlange5091
    @tlange5091 Před 26 dny +2

    Brilliant video with so many references to pictures and videos. Perfectly hinted at without forcing it!

  • @kimberlylewistyner2070
    @kimberlylewistyner2070 Před 25 dny +5

    5:40 golf cart!

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 Před 5 hodinami

    This should be getting SO MUCH MORE ATTENTION than it gets

  • @streamspoart2671
    @streamspoart2671 Před 10 dny +45

    Latest update from apes: orangutan in Sumatera able to healing himself with herbs that he chewed first
    Latest update from human: Skibidi sigma rizz toilet
    What could possibly gone wrong, right?

  • @Geekatron2000
    @Geekatron2000 Před dnem +7

    Awesome video please do bonobos next!

    • @YellowPredator92
      @YellowPredator92 Před dnem +1

      Id actually love to see that, That would be a really fun video

  • @fitlentagreelin2301
    @fitlentagreelin2301 Před 25 dny +3

    The animation for 'bending nature to your will' cracked me up! 😂🤣

  • @toadwiiremotewithwiimotion4151

    Super underrated creator, love your videos man

  • @zaximi
    @zaximi Před 23 dny +7

    I love this goddamn channel

  • @angryfirefly
    @angryfirefly Před 25 dny +2

    I enjoy this series very much! Looking forward to seeing more 😀

  • @eisernerrundfunk1
    @eisernerrundfunk1 Před 25 dny +3

    "How to orang-utan". When I read the title, I knew I needed to get more input on this, even though I was aware that I would never have thought of this question on my own. Thank you ✌💪

  • @Johnsmith99663
    @Johnsmith99663 Před 11 dny +30

    Americans: "Wow, you're still living with mommy and daddy at 22? That's pathetic lmao, get it together and grow up already."
    Orangutans: [live with mom until age 8-15 in order to learn like the grand total of 4 things an orangutan needs to know how to do]

    • @Johnsmith99663
      @Johnsmith99663 Před 11 dny +4

      (Yes, I know I'm exaggerating. I'm just joking around.)

    • @kindlytoxic1472
      @kindlytoxic1472 Před 10 dny +5

      humans are more like chimpanzees, staying in a tribe close to family. realistically, living with parents is perfectly normal the only bad part is when one isn´t doing anything to contribute (like not helping with rent, bills, food, etc).

    • @BrotherHood-xh9sg
      @BrotherHood-xh9sg Před 8 dny

      22? Clearly you haven't heard of Biden's policies that caused mass inflation, a housing crisis etc. These days you need to already have a partner (which also has issues with hook up culture, modern feminism etc.), a well paying job and a ritual of devoting human sacrifices to some eldritch horror which represents some abstract concept.

    • @freshlycannedwater
      @freshlycannedwater Před 7 dny

      ​@BrotherHood-xh9sg true, true.

  • @Bruh_really_dontknow
    @Bruh_really_dontknow Před 26 dny +8

    Ngl this doesnt feel like such a bad life tbh

  • @intellectualblackking162
    @intellectualblackking162 Před 26 dny +2

    Another banger from toland 😂