Benji the orangutan loves chewing and has made homemade gum out a piece of cardboard box.

The Borneo orangutan was captured chewing and inspecting the makeshift gum at his home in the Dudley Zoo in the West Midlands.

But he clearly has forgotten his manners – the great ape can be heard chewing from a distance.

Benji is set to celebrate his 41st birthday this November.

He was born in 1977 at Duisburg zoo, Germany. In 1978 he transferred to Wuppertal Zoo before a move to Ireland in 1994.

Benji arrived in Dudley in 1996.

The footage was captured on April 6.

This is gorgeous looking Borneo Orangutan male Benji from the Dudley zoo in the West Midlands, England. Busy chewing his substitute gum , a bit of cardboard that he ribbed from a box. He loves playing with it and looking at it on his lip. Obviously his mum never told him to close his mouth while chewing, so you can hear all the sound he is making while chewing.

Benji had his 40th birthday on the 6t November 2017. He was born in 1977 at Duisburg zoo, Germany. In 1978 he transferred to Wuppertal zoo, Germany. In 1994 he moved to Dublin zoo, Ireland and in 1996 he moved to Dudley, UK