--- description: Magic trick makes an orangutan laugh at a zoo in Barcelona, Spain title: Watch an Orangutan "Laugh" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch an Orangutan "Laugh" Hysterically at a Zoo Visitor's Magic Trick  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 10, 2015 10:14 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 10, 2015 10:14 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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/ "undefined") ```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":"2026-04-13T07:27:37.104Z","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"}}] ```