A phone-addicted gorilla is having to cut down on his screen time...

[DGUtley]

A phone-addicted gorilla is having to cut down on his screen time...

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Screen addiction is nothing new, it’s today’s problem of the masses—in humans, at least. Now, our fellow primate the gorilla has been inflicted with our issues too. Amare, a 415 pound, 16-year-old gorilla at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo has become totally obsessed with his smartphone. Help. Amare lives with three other male gorillas, and the four of them encounter hundreds of human visitors who shove their smartphones up to their glass enclosure, showing them pictures and videos. Amare in particular has become hooked, to the point where zookeepers have had to put up a rope to keep visitors away from the glass. He became so entranced by the objects that he failed to notice when one of his gorilla housemates ran up and attacked him. Do you feel sad yet? Because I do.


During development, male gorillas will often get aggressive with each other as a form of play fighting to establish dominance and hierarchy, Amare being distracted by what shouldn’t concern his daily life is leading him to “severe developmental consequences,” as Stephen Ross, director of the zoo’s Centre for the Study and Conservation of Apes, told the Chicago-Sun Times.


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[Dr. Who]

They put him in an enclosure in a zoo (a completely unnatural environment where he doesn't have to fend for himself or deal with any of life's challenges) and yet expect him to be a normal gorilla? He's probably bored stiff. It's little wonder that he finds cell phones interesting. Instead of bemoaning the fact that he's interested in something that a normal gorilla would ignore, perhaps they should put in an interactive station in the enclosure where he and his fellow inmates, can look at images and videos to their heart's content.

I hate zoos. They are glorified prisons for animals. I understand that they are saving species and educating the public, but the animals are so sad and bored.

[DGUtley]

They put him in an enclosure in a zoo (a completely unnatural environment where he doesn't have to fend for himself or deal with any of life's challenges) and yet expect him to be a normal gorilla? He's probably bored stiff. It's little wonder that he finds cell phones interesting. Instead of bemoaning the fact that he's interested in something that a normal gorilla would ignore, perhaps they should put in an interactive station in the enclosure where he and his fellow inmates, can look at images and videos to their heart's content.

I hate zoos. They are glorified prisons for animals. I understand that they are saving species and educating the public, but the animals are so sad and bored.

...kind of like law offices. It seems that gone are the days where we go to the court every day. Time to retire...

[Standing Wolf]

...kind of like law offices. It seems that gone are the days where we go to the court every day. Time to retire...

Hear, hear.