Humans aren’t the only ones fixated on phones. Why the Toronto Zoo is cutting back on gorilla screen time

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Humans aren’t the only ones fixated on phones. Why the Toronto Zoo is cutting back on gorilla screen time
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Visitors advised not to share cellphone images with the zoo’s primates as it can lead to anti-social behaviour.

. Zookeepers have discovered that they can become every bit as interested in cellphones as the bipedal visitors who pay to see them.

Jelani has been featured in People magazine, the Today Show, ABC News and CBS News, and his swiping went viral on social media.“I think that kind of carries a negative connotation,” says Chris Martin, a research scientist at the Indianapolis Zoo. The videos are part of the zoo’s enrichment programming, which includes frozen watermelons for polar bears and vending machines and tokens in the orangutan enclosure, so that if the animals solve a problem, they get a food treat.

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