We love our technology, don't we? Remember how the iPad created new ways for us to communicate and have fun? Well apparently humans are not the only ones who've taken a liking to iPad technology. The Milwaukee Zoo has been using iPads with orangutans for the past six months as part of its Apps for Apes program. The zookeepers introduced the primates to applications such as "Flick Flick Football" and "Doodle Buddy" (in which they draw with their fingers). They're also allowing the apes to watch videos. The zookeepers began noticing that the orangutans loved to watch themselves on nature shows so much that they wanted to take it a step further. So the Milwaukee Zoo is teaming up with the charity Orangutan Outreach to "enable ape-to-ape videochat via Skype and FaceTime" with apes at other zoos around the world. The idea is to bridge the gap between human and ape by showing how similar we really are. The charity hopes to make humans more sympathetic to the animals, boost donations to the organization, and initiate better treatment of the environment.
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