Orangutan at the Richmond Zoo gets a breastfeed lesson

• “She didn’t immediately breastfeed her baby, but she was definitely watching the whole time.”

Context: The zoo thinks Zoe struggled to breastfeed because she was orphaned from her own mom at 9 months.

• Her first baby, Taavi, had to be hand-raised by zookeepers, prompting the zoo to make the special preparations for her second child, which also included video of other orangutans caring for their young.

The bottom line: Zoe and her new baby, who is still unnamed, are doing well and continue bonding, per the zoo.