A video of an orangutan throwing a possum from the top of its enclosure at the Perth Zoo in Australia has gone viral on social media, shocking viewers.
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Visitors at the Perth Zoo were left shocked after an orangutan threw a possum from the top of its enclosure. The video quickly spread across social media.
The footage shows visitors screaming as the orangutan launched the possum into the air. You can hear people saying, “Oh my God.” The primate was inside a tall metal tower when it threw the marsupial.
“I assume that (the possum) did not survive the fall. The loss of any living creature naturally saddens us, but it is also part of nature,” said the zoo spokesperson to Yahoo! News Australia.
The spokesperson also noted that local wildlife sometimes manages to invade the enclosures.
“Although every effort is made to capture and remove them, the great height presents some challenges, and sometimes the orangutans themselves kick out the intruding possums,” he said.
Possums tend to inhabit high places, just like orangutans.
Internet users were divided over the incident. “I know tenants are struggling to pay rent, but this eviction was a bit violent,” said one. “Poor possum,” another commented.
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