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| 11/8/2019

"She was shy when she first arrived, but once she saw the swings, toys, and grassy areas in her new home, she went out to explore."

-- Patti Ragan

A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.

Patti Ragan, director of the center in Wauchula, Florida, says Sandra is "very sweet and inquisitive" and adjusting to her new home. She was born in Germany and spent 25 years at the Buenos Aires Zoo before arriving in Florida on Nov. 5.

Read more at the AP

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