Apps for Apes!

Apes get iPads at National Zoo

Published January 23, 2013

LiveScience

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  Iris, a 25-year-old orangutan at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, uses an iPad as part of Orangutan Outreach's Apps for Apes program. (Elliott Fabrizio, Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

The Smithsonian zoo is giving a new iPad to each orangutan at the zoo. There are some games that the orangutans prefer over others. "36-year-old Bonnie likes to hit the drums, 16-year-old Kyle likes to play the piano, and 25-year-old Iris likes watching animated fish swim in a virtual koi pond on the screen." The animals also like to do the art games too. I think that this is important because the animals are just like us humans and deserve the right to be like and do the things that we do. I also think that this is important because the orangutans are living things and if we advance in technology so should they. They have brains too and you should remember that! Click HERE to read more.