Baby orangutan gets a name

Ember, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s new baby Bornean orangutan, sucks on her thumb Thursday, December 11, 2014 while in the arms of her mother, 18-year-old Hadiah. Ember, whose name was announced Tuesday, was born on October 29 at the zoo. Her name means bucket in Indonesian and Malaysian, an allusion to the way keepers reintroduced the baby to her mother after caring for them separately for a time. Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette (Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette)

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo decided on the name Ember for their new baby Bornean orangutan Thursday, December 11, 2014. Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette (Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette)

Ember, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s new baby Bornean orangutan, hangs on to the face of her mother, 18-year-old Hadiah, Thursday, December 11, 2014. Ember, whose name was announced Tuesday, was born on October 29 at the zoo. Her name means bucket in Indonesian and Malaysian, an allusion to the way keepers reintroduced the baby to her mother after caring for them separately for a time. Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette (Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette)

Ember, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s new baby Bornean orangutan, plays around while in the arms of her mother, 18-year-old Hadiah, Thursday, December 11, 2014 . Ember, whose name was announced Tuesday, was born on October 29 at the zoo. Her name means bucket in Indonesian and Malaysian, an allusion to the way keepers reintroduced the baby to her mother after caring for them separately for a time. Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette (Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette)

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo decided on the name Ember for their new baby Bornean orangutan Thursday, December 11, 2014. Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette (Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette)

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Baby orangutan gets a name

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