BBC News: 17 June 2011
Footage of an orangutan apparently trying to revive a poorly coot chick has emerged online two years after the video was recorded.
In his commentary, Leo Oosterweghel, director of Dublin Zoo, said it showed the animals had a gentle side to their nature.
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