East Kutai – A video showing individual orangutans taking to the streets in the East Kutai (Kutim), East Kalimantan (Kaltim) area has gone viral on social media. The East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency intervened. In the video, a rather large orangutan can be seen sitting on the side of the road. Passing motorists also fed him bananas. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT The orangutan hit the road in the Bengalon-Kaliorang area. This location is known to often find orangutan activity. Regarding this, the head of the East Kalimantan BKSDA, Ari Wibawanto, said that his party went to the location. They are looking for the whereabouts of the individual orangutan. “Friends are still in the field, after we meet (the orangutan), we will let you know,” he said, as reported by detikKalimatan, Sunday (14/12/2025). Current East Kalimantan Orangutan Population The current population of East Kalimantan orangutans is estimated to be in the range of 6 thousand to 7 thousand individuals. The majority of the population is concentrated in the Kutai landscape which covers an area of ​​about 4.2 million hectares, with almost half of it in the Karaitan landscape. Of the total population, it is estimated that at least 3 thousand orangutans live in the Karaitan landscape, which has an area of ​​about 540 thousand hectares. This area is one of the largest population pockets of orangutans with the Latin name Pongo pygmaeus morio in East Kalimantan. Read more here (idh/imk)