23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Wild Bonds of Borneo

An orangutan mother with a half-eaten cempedak (Artocarpus integer) fruit in her mouth and carrying her infant poses briefly along a forest trail leading to Gomantong Cave in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island. Moments later, she climbed into the canopy and disappeared into the protected rainforest.

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Date Taken: 06.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Sandakan, Malaysia
Copyright: © Parameswaran Ponnudurai