--- title: Orangutan Laughs at Magic Trick at Barcelona Zoo description: Magic trick makes an orangutan laugh at a zoo in Barcelona, Spain canonical: https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-10T22:14:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:52.547Z og:title: Watch an Orangutan "Laugh" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick og:description: Adorable og:url: https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch an Orangutan "Laugh" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick twitter:description: Adorable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch an Orangutan "Laugh" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 10, 2015 10:14 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 10, 2015 10:14 PM UTC Ever feel like no one laughs at your jokes even though they’re hilarious? Are people consistently unimpressed by your cool magic tricks? Well, you might have better luck at this zoo in Barcelona, Spain, where it seems like this orangutan will crack up at just about anything. The primate appears to double over with laughter after watching Dan Zaleski from Meriden, Connecticut, do a magic trick from the other side of the glass. The YouTube [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIxYCDbRGJc) that has racked up more than 3.2 million views since it was first uploaded Monday. _Watch next:_ [_See an orangutan ‘kiss’ a pregnant woman’s belly at the zoo_](http://time.com/3973593/orangutan-pregnant-woman-colchester-zoo/) Orangutan Laughs at Magic Trick at Barcelona Zoo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/"},"headline":"Watch an Orangutan \"Laugh\" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick","datePublished":"2015-12-10T22:14:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:52.547Z","description":"Adorable","url":"https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/","name":"Watch an Orangutan \"Laugh\" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4145151/orangutan-barcelona-zoo-magic-trick/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```