Breastfeeding women try to show orangutan how to care for baby at Dublin zoo

Thirty mothers take turns with their babies in front of Mujur, 19, to try to encourage her to bond with newborn

When staff at Dublin zoo discovered an orangutan named Mujur was pregnant they decided to stage maternal workshops.

The 19-year-old female had not sufficiently bonded with either of her previous infants, who died in 2019 and 2022, so when she became pregnant earlier this year the zoo enlisted breastfeeding human mothers to try to show her how it was done.