iPADS FOR ANIMALS...

Orangutans across the world may soon join the ranks of millions of humans as proud owners of new iPads. As strange as that may sound, a conservation group is testing  its "Apps for Apes" program, allowing orangutans to communicate with each other remotely via the iPad's video chat technology.

Orangutan Outreach founder Richard Zimmerman has already donated iPads to zoos in Milwaukee, Houston, Atlanta and Florida, and will soon send iPads to the Memphis Zoo, the Center for Great Apes in and to the Toronto Zoo.

Orangutans are considered to be amongst the most intelligent of primates,making them a good case study for the interactive technology.

Zimmerman said that orangutans in zoos and other primate facilities usually receive all the food and love they need. However, during winter months they are forced to spend long periods of time indoors, which is counter to their natural habitat. And living indoors for extended periods of time can result in boredom and stunt social growth among other primates.

Dolphins have already demonstrated an ability with iPad technology with researchers using it as a language interaction device between dolphins and humans. There are even  several iPAD games made specifically for cats.

I have to go buy my own iPAD ooo...this one wey animals don dey buy their own... na wa ooo