Eddie is a tour guide who recently paid a visit to the Mount Leuser National Park in Indonesia to observe the intelligent orangutans who live there. The facility is one of just two remaining habitats for the Sumatran orangutans, which are extremely endangered.

As Eddie walked around the park, it began to rain heavily, and he was puzzled to see the orangutans running around looking for large caladium leaves. It was only when Eddie looked closer that he realized the mother orangutans had figured out that they could use these leaves as umbrellas to shield their babies from the rain!

While Eddie was surprised by this, it did not come as much of a shock to animal experts, as orangutans are known for their amazing cognitive skills and for figuring out how to make tools out of various things that they find out in the wild.

“Orangutans have been observed making simple tools to scratch themselves,” Orangutan Foundation International stated. “They also use leafy branches to shelter themselves from rain and sun, and sometimes even drape large leaves over themselves like a poncho. They have also been observed using branches as tools during insect foraging, honey collection, and protection against stinging insects, and to ‘fish’ for branches or fruit that is out of reach.”

“In Sumatra, wild orangutans use tools to extract seeds from a hard shelled species of fruit. In captivity, an orangutan was taught to chip a stone hand axe,” the organization continued.

Check out the orangutans making their umbrellas in the video below!