Linda Jacobs, who oversees the programme at Jungle Island, hopes the devices will eventually help bridge the gap between humans and the endangered apes.
"Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. It's like, 'Oh, I get this,'" Ms Jacobs said. "Our two older ones, they just are not interested. I think they just figure, 'I've got along just fine in this world without this communication-skill here and the iPad, and I don't need a computer.'"
Ms Jacobs said she began letting the orang-utans use iPads last summer, based on the suggestion of someone who had used the devices with dolphins. The software was originally designed for humans with autism and the screen displays pictures of various objects. A trainer then names one of the objects, and the ape presses the corresponding button.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9254491/Orang-utans-using-iPads.html
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