text: “We patrolled by boat 5 times a day and 2 times at monitoring post with binoculars,” said Jhony. When it rains for days, working at orangutan monitoring post is quite a high risk.Kelay River that surrounds the orangutan island will rise and floods will come. The main route to monitor the island becomes swift. The island will be submerged and leaving 50% of its land. Floods usually drag timber from up stream of Kelay river in the form of the size of an adult’s hand to the extend of the utility pole. The current reading skill and the obstacle ate absolutely necessary. Don’t let the boat hit the timber, it will cause the boat propeller destroyed or even carried away by the current, capsized and sink.
  Since the age of 12, Jhony has understood the river and the flow of light and large floods. “Under the condition of massive flooding with lots of timber and debris, we have to move lane, dodge and spin or we will be hit by the debris that are carried by the water, crushed, capsized and drowned”, explains Jhony. “We have to keep patroling wirt the flood to make sure the orangutans are in a safe place, not to let them to be dragged, drifting and lost,” he added.
  Jhony also tell us one of his annoyance when there are people who interfere with orangutans on the island. Usually Jhony will reprimand and explain that at any time orangutans can strike if we are too close.
  Then who is his favorite orangutan? Yes… Nigel the smartestof all , not nosy with other orangutans and pretty wild. When Jhony hear about Nigel is selected as one of the candidates who will be released in the near future, he said,” Hearing him as a candidate, Makes me very happy. I can not wait for Nigel to be released and if it works… the hard work of my friends and me are not in vain”. (Dhea_Orangufriends)