>"If we could get more of them doing it, it would be great," he joked.
>Karisoke's Vecellio, though, said actively instructing the apes would be against the center's ethos.
>"No we can't teach them," she said. "We try as much as we can to not interfere with the gorillas. We don't want to affect their natural behavior."
I wonder if this "prime-directive" style rule might be something they consider changed - if there was a way to teach the gorillas to disabled various kinds of traps it seems that would be great.
On the other hand, I wonder what the side effects would be.. anyone?
>"If we could get more of them doing it, it would be great," he joked.
>Karisoke's Vecellio, though, said actively instructing the apes would be against the center's ethos.
>"No we can't teach them," she said. "We try as much as we can to not interfere with the gorillas. We don't want to affect their natural behavior."
I wonder if this "prime-directive" style rule might be something they consider changed - if there was a way to teach the gorillas to disabled various kinds of traps it seems that would be great.
On the other hand, I wonder what the side effects would be.. anyone?