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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 06:51 PM
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The Chimpcam Project
How does a chimpanzee see the world? A research project at Edinburgh Zoo is designed to answer just that question in an innovative new way - by training chimps to use video touch screens and giving them a special chimp-proof camera. How will they react to tools which in evolutionary terms are a few million years ahead of them? As chimp specialist Betsy Herrelko finds out, trying to communicate with chimps using video technology has its trials and tribulations.

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/5015

The Chimpcam Project is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer!

Broadcast dates:
- BBC2, 8pm on 27 January 2010
- Animal Planet (USA), date TBD

http://chimpcam.com
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 07:19 PM
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1. Chimps and technology? - IMO not a good match
They haven't adapted to modern inventions well at all - like the Segway
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 07:31 PM
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2. Not all apes are equally gifted, obviously
Chimpanzee riding a Segway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFv8CAniYQ
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 08:06 PM
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3. Says I can't watch because I'm not in the UK.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 09:18 PM
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4. It's also on Youtube
In six parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66oPUyRd0QM
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