In a routine health check, the two orangutans needed to be anaesthetised, Jovan, the bigger orangutan, went first. As the vets sadated him, Komeng shouted very loudly at the vets, not very happy at them taking his best friend away. Next, it was Komeng's turn and whilst he was being checked, Jovan was put in his enclosure to recover. As the staff brought back Komeng and placed him back in the enclosure, they noticed Jovan was in the sun, so one keeper climbed in just to move him to the shade.

As the keeper tried to move Jovan, Komeng suddenly awoke, despite being heavily sedated, yelling at the keeper and trying to protect his dear friend Jovan, very quickly (and rather wobbly) moving toward Jovan.

As the keeper left, Komeng tried to hug Jovan, and move Jovans arms around his own body so Komeng was as close to Jovan as possible. Once completely snuggled next to him, Komeng proceeded to give in to the sedation again and fell back to sleep. And both slept off their busy day!

So, tiny little Komeng, despite being heavily sedated, wanted to protect his friend so much, that he battled past the anaesthetic and awoke himself to try to save Jovan (from a keeper moving him out of the sun, hehe!) Now that's friendship if ever I heard it!