Taking a great opportunity to use his all-time favorite phrase, Maury Povich announced the paternity results of an orangutan calf.
Povich made the official announcement on behalf of the Denver Zoo. In a post on Is Siska’s father Berani, aged thirty, or Jaya, aged 16?
Watch the video of the big reveal!
Fresh from receiving the Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Honor, Maury Povich is here to help us announce the paternity results for Siska, our four-month-old Sumatran orangutan. Is Siska’s father Berani, aged thirty, or Jaya, aged 16? Watch the video of the big reveal! 🧡 pic.twitter.com/jyh1Mp0Y7C
— Denver Zoo (@DenverZoo) December 19, 2023
In the video, Povich declared: “Berani, you are the father!” just before Denver Zoo staff applauded.
PEOPLE reports that Siska’s mother, Eirina, had been matched with two potential partners, Berani and Jaya. Bernai had lived at the zoo for a long time and was a father before. Jaya made the Denver Zoo her home a few years ago as part of the Species Survival Plan the zoo worked on with other accredited zoos.
To find out who Siska’s father was, the zoo used DNA from the hair follicles of Siska, Bernai and Jaya. However, it took a few months to do so because the zoo staff had to establish trust with Eirina to get close enough to the newborn.
Denver Zoo official considers Maury Povich announcing paternity results
Jake Kubié, director of integrated communications at the zoo, revealed to PEOPLE how happy the Denver Zoo was that Povich announced the official results. “Apparently I was a bigger fan of Maury Povich than he thought, and his voice just popped into my head,” he said. “I thought maybe you’d be willing to do this for us.”
Kubié claimed that with a “little light online stalking” he found Povich’s executive producer. He was then able to contact the man himself. Povich loved the idea, of course.
After the video surfaced on social media, Kubié revealed that zoo followers predicted Povich would be announced after the institution announced plans to release Siska’s DNA results.
People said, ‘I hope you get Maury for this,'” he recalled. “And some people suggested maybe a Maury impersonator. And I sat there thinking, ‘Wait, he’s going to be great.’”
Kubié went on to add that animals receive a lot of support in Denver and beyond. “We have many great fans of our orangutan family here. “So there is the same excitement to find out who the father was and whether Maury did this for us.”
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