--- title: Zoo Encourages Orangutans to Meet Potential Mates by Video description: A zoo in southern Germany has decided to give its orangutans more mating options through video dating. canonical: https://time.com/4356793/orangtutan-zoo-video-date/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-03T17:00:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:58.343Z og:title: This Zoo Is Letting Orangutans Video Date og:description: Swipe right for a new mate og:url: https://time.com/4356793/orangtutan-zoo-video-date/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25317537c8b4d652/6988963dab6d7717206a9f27/video-dating-orangutan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Video-Dating-Orangutan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Zoo Is Letting Orangutans Video Date twitter:description: Swipe right for a new mate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25317537c8b4d652/6988963dab6d7717206a9f27/video-dating-orangutan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Zoo Encourages Orangutans to Meet Potential Mates by Video > Sponsored content. 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Two of the rare orangutans — Sinta and Conny — were shown videos of available males to see if there was any interest in hopes of one day breeding, according to a statement from the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart. “The signs are positive,” the zoo said after Sinta and Conny appeared to take a liking to a male named Gempa living 350 miles away in Belgium. 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