Lifestyle | Netherlands Olympian to Teach Orangutans How to Swing Animals in Netherlands zoo lose their knack for trees By Nick McMaster Suggested by hogstr Posted Aug 17, 2010 5:32 PM CDT Copied Rochale, a 41-year old Sumatran Orangutan holds her newborn baby at the Ramat Gan Safari park near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) A zoo in the Netherlands has hired an Olympic gymnast to teach its orangutans how to swing from tree branches. The zoo's previous orangutan enclosure didn't have trees, and now that their quarters have been upgraded, they seem to have forgotten how to swing from branch to branch, reports APP.com via the News Scotsman. Read These Next North Carolina shooting suspect once walked the red carpet. Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Tossed beers, hostile fans take the spotlight at Ryder Cup. Report an error