33-Jarige Nonja in dierentuin Wenen (Oostenrijk) fotografeert zich zelf - Foto's te zien op eigen Facebook-pagina Nonja

Snap-happy orangutan clicks with Facebook

03-12-2009 The Brisbane Times, Australia


A 33-year-old furry photographer is winning fans on Facebook for pictures of her daily life as an orangutan in a Vienna zoo.

Orangutan Nonja's photos, taken with a camera that dispenses raisins as she snaps, have won over 2000 fans on Facebook since the zoo launched an online photo album on Tuesday.

Nonja with her camera. Photo: The Vienna Tiergarten via Facebook.

Although the slightly blurry images of Nonja's climbing rope, food and companion's shaggy red-brown fur have won lots of admiring comments from fans, the photographer herself is not so interested.

"Of course the apes don't care about the pictures, they are just an accidental side product," zoo spokesman Gerhard Kasbauer said. "They just know that when they press the button, a raisin pops out."

The Vienna Tiergarten set up the project to help keep Nonja and her three hairy ape friends entertained in their enclosure.

Nonja takes photographs with a Samsung ST1000 digital camera which connects directly to her Facebook album via wi-fi - when she presses the shutter button the photo is uploaded. The camera has a protective cover to protect against chewing.

(Bron: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/)
(Bron foto top: Brisbane Times / Bron foto below: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nonja/190010092116)