Orangutans Will Soon Be Able to Sext Each Other

Orangutans, they’re just like us. No, really. Smithsonian.com’s blog Around the Mall has a story today on apes at the museum’s National Zoo that have been playing with iPads for recreation, using specially designed apps that allow six orangutans to make music, draw and play games to improve their cognitive skills. I’d note that the apes at the National Zoo are now literally more productive on a day-to-day basis than me, but they probably were even before they got the iPads. More »