Orangutan uses $600 Ipad

Orangutan: Mother and child

Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Other zoos and nature parks are doing similar work. Read more and watch videos...



The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with computers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus program.


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"Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. It's like, 'Oh, I get this,"
"If I gave them the iPad, I could just basically hand them $600 and say, `Go have fun,"' Jacobs said. "So until we come up with a better screen or a better case, I'm going to hold onto the iPad." - Linda Jacobs, Jungle Island