--- description: A zoo in southern Germany has decided to give its orangutans more mating options through video dating. title: This Zoo Is Letting Orangutans Video Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25317537c8b4d652/6988963dab6d7717206a9f27/video-dating-orangutan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Zoo Encourages Orangutans to Meet Potential Mates by Video by [Andy Eckardt / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Andy Eckardt / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2016 5:00 PM CUT  Conny, left, and Sinta, right, together watch video of Orangutan male Gempa. Conny, left, and Sinta, right, together watch video of Orangutan male Gempa.Harald Knitter—Wilhelma Stuttgart by [Andy Eckardt / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Andy Eckardt / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2016 5:00 PM CUT Modern dating is going to the apes. Literally. A zoo in southern Germany has decided to give its orangutans more mating options through video dating. 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. The zoo said Sinta and Gempa are now enjoying a real-life date… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/stuttgart-zoo-gives-orangutans-option-video-dating-n585316?cid=par-time%5F20160603 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4356793/orangtutan-zoo-video-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4356793/orangtutan-zoo-video-date/"},"headline":"This Zoo Encourages Orangutans to Meet Potential Mates by Video","datePublished":"2016-06-03T17:00:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:58.343Z","description":"Video dating means more options","url":"https://time.com/4356793/orangtutan-zoo-video-date/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25317537c8b4d652/6988963dab6d7717206a9f27/video-dating-orangutan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andy Eckardt / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25317537c8b4d652/6988963dab6d7717206a9f27/video-dating-orangutan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Video-Dating-Orangutan","caption":"Conny, left, and Sinta, right, together watch video of Orangutan male Gempa.","creditText":"Harald Knitter—Wilhelma Stuttgart","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4356793/orangtutan-zoo-video-date/","name":"This Zoo Encourages Orangutans to Meet Potential Mates by Video"}}]}] ```