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Baby orangutan makes 24-hour journey to new home in first class ferry cabin, Britain - 17 Dec 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Monkey World/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1264870d )
Baby Orangutan Cruises To New Home In Style
A critically endangered orangutan abandoned by his mum has cruised to a new home in comfort - in his own first class cabin.
Baby Silvestre - who celebrates his first birthday on New Year's Eve - dined on citrus fruit and milk as he made the 24-hour crossing to Portsmouth, Hants.
Brittany Ferries gave the nappy-wearing primate a private four-bed suite for the 690-mile trip aboard the Cap Finistere from Santander, Spain.
Silvestre spent most of his time exploring his surroundings and swinging from ladders and bunkbeds in his 150 pounds-a-night room.
But he was also allowed to visit Captain Patrick Thomas on the bridge.
Keepers at Santillana Zoo, Spain, raised the Sumatran orangutan by hand for 11 months after his mum simply put him down and walked away.
The keepers also accompanied him on his trip.
He is now starting a new life at Europe's only cr (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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