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- From: young@alw.nih.gov
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- Subject: Re: dogs and computers
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 15:19:03 -0600
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- In article <1992Dec22.133143.1939@msus1.msus.edu> you write:
- |> In article <1h7o7mINNe13@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>, vln@icpsr.umich.edu (Victoria Neff) writes:
- |> >
- |> > What I want to know is, how come no one has invented a joy-stick that's
- |> > ape proof. I think there should be video games for captive apes. I hate
- |> > to see them sitting around bored in zoos -- I wish someone would invent
- |> > joy-sticks that would let them play games, at least!
- |>
- |> God I hope not! Its tough enough dealing with the fact my 7 year old nephew
- |> can beat me at almost any video game. (I can still win at BattleChess ;) but I
- |> would really hate to go to the zoo and watch Sabu beat my highest score. I
- |> don't think my fragile ego could take that!
- |>
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- Saw something that they were doing with captive chimps at zoos and etc.
- Seems that chimps usually have to use their heads to get a meal in the
- wild - no metal trays of bananas available. The keepers decided to
- simulate things like termite hills and other brain teasers - chimps learn
- to poke a stick into termite hills and munch on the termites as they
- pull the stick out. The zoos were using something sticky - can't remember
- what but this wasn't the only brain teaser that produced food. Don't think
- that it'd relate well to apes, or many other captive animals but it's worth
- a try before joysticks.
-
- Course I'm not a big fan of computer games.
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