Maury Povich Steps In to Help Announce Paternity Of Baby Orangutan

The Denver Zoo had a severe paternity dispute on its palms, and turned to the professional, Maury Povich, to assist settle issues as soon as and for all.

The TV icon who has gotten to the underside of tons of of paternity disputes on his discuss present was referred to as in for a case of a brand new child orangutan … zoo officers weren’t certain whether or not 30-year-old Berani or 16-year-old Jaya was the newborn daddy of 4-month-old Sumatran orangutan, Siska.

All the time a showman, a suited and booted 84-year-old Povich recorded a video for the massive reveal, pulling out a bit of paper from a brown envelope and delivering his iconic line: “Berani … you ARE the daddy!”

Jaya’s off the hook — though Siska’s mom, Eirina, loved “some courtship and mating exercise” with him too.

Denver Zoo’s web site says that Berani lives with 3 different females and was accredited for breeding via the Sumatran Orangutan Species Survival Plan — which is an enormous deal trigger Sumatran orangutans are a critically endangered species.