Give me your hand, the photo of the orang-utan of Borneo which approaches the man

The hand stretched out towards the man immersed in the marsh is a orang-utan of Borneo, but the gesture is so human that it is difficult not to see a fellow in danger. So close to us, the orang-utan, and yet so threatened by centuries and centuries of our presence, as our footprint has encroached on the habitat to such an extent that now we struggle to protect it. To suggest a reading so poignant, on the other hand is the same author, the photographer Anil Prabhakar that Instagram has commented: "can I help you? When it dies, the humanity in the human being, the animals are sometimes guiding our principles". Thousands have shared the photo, participating, moved to what Nature offers us and, often, we are not able to defend.

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In reality, it is not clear if the primate were offering help or asking for food, he said, Jamartin Sihite , director of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation where the photos were taken in September. In the centre for the rehabilitation of orangutans in the province of East Borneo every day 450 volunteers help the monkeys to live in freedom but in a situation protected. Are around 650 orangutans saved, and survivors of trauma, abduction, or injury, that only in rare cases can be reintroduced into their natural habitat, the forest, after months or years of rehabilitation.

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the Protagonist of the shot is Syahrul, the sample of 25 years who has come close to the keeper, in that moment, immersed up to the waist in the water to check that there were snakes hidden, among the worst enemies of the primates are protected. "I never expected - he told Prabhakar to Cnn telling of having lost a few moments in amazement before being able to capture the exceptional sequence.

The guardian has not reciprocated the gesture, explaining then that it is always a question of animals in the wild, and therefore quite unpredictable as to oblige even those who live in contact with them to maintain the safety distances.

The orang-utan of Borneo in Asia is found only in Sumatra and Borneo, has been classified as a protected species by the Iucn: in the last three generations, is seen to reduce the population by 80% due to poaching, deforestation and depletion of the habitat. If the photo of Anil Prabhakar continues to make the rounds of the world perhaps is also because it reminds us that that we could do with regard to Nature, from which we have taken so much: to extend a hand to those in need.

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