Animal Intelligence

Gorillas and humans use similar body language to communicate, reports the U.K. Daily Mail. Researchers at the University of Sussex studied a family of gorillas in a British animal park.

Psychologist Dr Gillian Sebestyen said: “We shared 23 million years of evolution with great apes and then diverged approximately six million years ago. Gorillas have [...]

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I never understand those crazy Japanese television shows. But here’s a clip from one in which a chimpanzee learns to ride a Segway:

I especially like how, after crashing into the bushes a couple times, the chimp learns to steer. Neat.

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