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Post by Blu on Feb 28, 2006 13:49:41 GMT -5
I must confess I am not making a stand here one way or the other. WIS will tell you that Buster, our Boxer, is smarter than we are. He also talks, WIS has taught him to say "I want" as clear as a bell. I am not so sure that is a good thing. However when I read this article in "Orion" magazine about an orangutan I was amazed and I may have to reconsider my position on the animal kingdom. (my sister can say I told you so here)
Allow me to introduce you to Chantek the orangutan, if you have not already heard of him. He " has learned about 150 signs and uses them spontaneously. He is telling lies to get what he wants and uses a value system by using GOOD and BAD in appropriate context. For a short article about him and the further plans of the Zoo Atlanta where he lives now," go to;
www.ex.ac.uk/~bosthaus/Lecture/chantek.htm
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