Video: Ornery Orangutan Grabs Hold of Man at Zoo and Refuses to Release Him

A wild video circulating online shows the moment that a man at a zoo gets too close to an orangutan and winds up in the mighty creature's unrelenting grasp. According to a local media report, the unsettling incident occurred on Monday at the Kasang Kulim Zoo in the Indonesian city of Pekanbaru. Hoping to produce something viral for his Instagram account, a foolhardy young man named Hasanal Arifin managed to achieve his goal in a manner that he now undoubtedly regrets as the video of his jaw-dropping encounter at the facility has spread like wildfire online as a reminder that it is rather unwise to get too close to the animals while visiting a zoo.

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