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Orangutan prefers blondes
05/10/2007 14:32 - (SA)
Amsterdam - Sibu the orangutan has miffed
his Dutch keepers by refusing to mate with females and showing
sexual interest only in tattooed human blondes.
Apenheul Primate Park hoped Sibu would become its breeding
male when he arrived two years ago, but orang-utans aren't his
type.
"He chases them, or ignores them, but he doesn't do what he
should do," said a spokesperson for the park.
Instead, Sibu fancies his female keepers, especially
blondes. That, the spokesperson said, was common for orangutans
but Sibu has a fetish for tattoos, harking back to a heavily
tattooed keeper who reared him.
"Orangutans have special interests in special subjects.
Sibu happens to like tattoos," she said.
The park hasn't given up on Sibu, 31. He showed an amorous
interest in a female orangutan while living in England and
keepers hope he will find love when reunited with her in a new
enclosure in Chester, England.
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