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 President Monroe's daughter wrote a desperate plea in 1839. 'Butt-breathing' could be the future for struggling patients. Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. Author Michael Wolf has sued the first lady. Report an error