a 55 - month - tall orangutan named nonja , however was believed to be the tallest living orangutan in the world both in live and the wild , has died at the miami metrozoo in miami , florida . " everybody ' s very sad , only with an animal like an orangutan . you see a bit of yourself in these animals . the great apes are our closest relatives . she was really a grand old grandmother , " say zoo secretary dennis summerville .
A 45-year-old orangutan died in Florida.