Watch: Orangutan tries to wear this man's jacket and succeeds, video viral

A video going viral on social media shows an orangutan trying to wear a man’s jacket and eventually succeeding in doing so, catching onlookers by surprise.

The viral clip opens with an orangutan opening the zip of this man’s jacket, who’s out for a stroll and then taking it off completely. The man is egged on by his friends to let the orangutan have its way as the animal was not in the mood to take no for an answer.

After taking off the jacket, the orangutan puts it on its head, and then without any whiff of struggle and almost like a pro, it manages to find out a way to wear the jacket, leaving everyone, including the man filming the moment, stunned. It then fiddles with the zip to try and figure out the way to close it, but before we know if it succeeded in it or not, the video ends.


The video was shared on Instagram by Viral Hog with a caption that reads, “This orangutan really wanted to try on this jacket.” It instantly went, garnering over 2 lakh views and 11 thousand likes so far.

Netizens were amazed to see the orangutan's presence of mind and intelligence.

“My mouth just fell open on how he knew just how to put on,” commented one user.

“It surprises me how people still underestimate these animals. They’re closely related to us after all, ofc they’re smart,” quipped another user.

A third instagrammer remarked, “This guys are humans that just want to avoid tax.” Makes sense!