Orangutans Go Ape for iPads

A couple of months ago, we wrote about primate experts introducing iPads to help orangutans communicate with their trainers and visitors. Now here's your chance to see these tech-savvy orangutans in action.
Orangutans Join the iPad Generation
People already share 97% of the same genetic material with orangutans and now it looks like we're sharing Apple products, as well. Orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island have taken to using iPads as a way of communicating with trainers and visitors through an app (initially designed for humans with autism) in which the…
Genius Chimp Is Smarter Than You With Your Dumb Human Brain
Ayumu is an 11-year-old chimpanzee raised at Kyoto University in Japan. He is also a total braniac that can solve difficult numerical puzzles in 60 milliseconds. Oh, boy. This is how Rise of the Planet of the Apes starts, isn't it?
Chimp Prodigy Can Solve Memory Puzzle In 60 Milliseconds [Buzzfeed]
James Franco Finally Does What He Does Best
[Vancouver, July 28. Actor James Franco remembers that he makes movies, and performs a scene with actor Andy Serkis for the upcoming prequel to 'Planet of the Apes'. Image via Flynet.]
