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A fact from Ah Meng appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 June 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ah Meng, a Sumatran Orangutan and tourism icon of Singapore, had breakfast with celebrities including the Duke of Edinburgh and pop star Michael Jackson?

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Reason for death

Something more than "old age" would be helpful. (It's not a legitimate cause of death on a human certificate, so why is it likely to be on an orangutan?) Piano non troppo (talk) 10:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'This incident was not incited by the feeling of jealousy' - an opinion and not fact?

Does the person who wrote this article know that Ah Meng did not attack the research student due to 'jealousy', and if so, how? Indeed, 'anthropomorphism', or 'attributing human emotions to non-human animals', is not always supported by scientific evidence. However, it is becoming increasingly accepted that non-human animals, and particularly primates, are able to feel and express a wide range of emotions. I do not believe that the writer can claim to know that Ah Meng did not feel jealous, just as one would be unable to claim to know that she did. Thus, this comment is simply an opinion and not a fact. I think it should be removed or rephrased, or at the very least supported with scientific evidence. --218.186.18.236 (talk) 16:32, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Criket

Ah Meng was a well known fan of Criket in India. An heading on that would be nice to have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.1.113 (talk) 22:00, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Bar keeping career

I understand she was the bartender on a drilling rig barge called Ismaya for some years before she came to the zoo, a new company that had bought the rig insisted she find a new home hence the zoo. The captain had found her, young and orphaned, for sale in a harbourside market looking miserable. A crewman who was a cabinetmaker built a teak bar which she instantly claimed. Anyone who tried to sit on her stool was immediately launched across the room onto a sofa. She learned to mix cocktails and apparently had a great time, she'd go out on the town with the crew when they were in port and was so well known by locals that taxi drivers would know where to take her when she wanted to go home. That period of her life is what made her so at ease around people and was the reason she was such a good ambassador for the zoo.

She's mentioned in a book of drilling rig anecdotes by Paul Carter called Don't tell Mum I work on the rigs (around page 200). Mentioned here: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2008/02/24/book-claims-ah-meng-was-barge-bartender 109.144.216.30 (talk) 11:02, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]