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Chatting with Chimps (BBC)

submitted by schmawy

1 decade 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago

Kanzi appears to be able to communicate using an image based touch screen. Did he understand the presenter's invitation to play?

8 Comments

More of Kanzi here...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chimpanzee-understands-spoken-English

He's the one on all fours running like a bonobo...who's teaching who?

heheheheh.... cant stop giggling!!!! 1:50!!!! the bonobo gives a 'howdy' nod....hehehehe <can't catch breath> so cute... schmawy... avenge.. death...

Kanzi is more amazing than you might think just from seeing these videos. I recently had a series of lectures on animal cognition, and Kanzi is the star when it comes to language. Alex the parrot was also pretty special, but has sadly died. Apparently his successor, Einstein, has already surpassed him.

to his last comment, i don't think that is a good idea. Chimps are like humans, stubborn, strong, and dense humans. Look, the bonobo is almost the same size as him, and probably 20x as strong. 2-3000 years down the road we start letting them out of the cages, along with 6 foot full size chimpanzees, (that are more aggressive then horny unlike those lil guys), and planet of the apes doesn't seem far off.

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 2:19pm PDT - promote requested by dag.

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