Reblogged from Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff):
Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up.
He pauses and hits a green oval to show it's a word. In the space of just a few seconds, Dan has demonstrated a mastery of what some experts say is a form of pre-reading and walks away rewarded with a treat of dried wheat.
Neat! I used to follow KoKo, the gorilla who knew sign language...and this is just as neat! I'll have to find the one about the Orangutans at the Smithsonian and their "school"... ;)
