Orangutans at the Netherlands’ Apenheul Primate Park are
getting an exciting new opportunity to make a love connection. The Dutch zoo
has rolled out what it calls “Tinder for orangutans.” The new app will let
lonely apes see photos of potential mates. Researchers will evaluate their
responses to determine compatibility, the Washington Post reported.
“After
seeing the photos, the monkeys have to push a button on the screen. In this
way, we can measure their capacity for reaction,” said the park in a recent
statement. If you know what they mean, wink, wink. Leiden University
researchers said they started the matchmaking program to improve breeding
success among the apes.
Thomas
Bionda, a biologist at the zoo, told a local newspaper: “Often, animals have to
be taken back to the zoo they came from without mating. Things don’t always go
well when a male and a female first meet.”
Come
on, these are wild animals. How hard can it be to get them in the mood? Maybe
provide them with a little patchouli, a nice dinner, a bottle of wine, some
Smokey Robinson tunes…
Apparently,
it’s really not a fait accompli. Samboia, an 11-year-old female, upon given a
tablet, destroyed it. That threw a monkey wrench into the zoo’s plans for
primate passion. She missed out on photos from an international breeding
program, according to the New York Post.
Stop
monkeying around, Samboia, so you can start monkeying
around. Do the right thing for your species. Swipe right.
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