by Christine Kenneally BH | Feb 2, 2012 | Dogs, Orangutan, Preserved animals
On a stormy day in January 1925, before a crowd of hundreds, a nine-foot-tall polar bear was transferred to a new enclosure at Melbourne Zoo. As lightning flashed and thunder...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Sep 21, 2007 | Chimpanzees, Infants, Orangutan, Social complexity/connection
Chimpanzees are smarter than humans. Orangutans are smarter than chimpanzees. Humans are smarter than chimpanzees. Which of these statements is true? More at Huffington Post.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 6, 2007 | Gesture, Intention, Orangutan
An ingenuous experiment announced last week shows that orangutans communicate with intention. When the orangutans were shown food (delicious items, like bananas and bread, and less appealing food, like celery) that could only be reached with human help, they clearly...
