Someone who loves these animals. Someone who can see wonder beyond the limits of their own subjective experience. Someone who wants to help.
Keeping intelligent being like an orangoutang engaged and stimulated is both vital for their health and challenging. They learn fast. So why not try a magic trick? Toddlers learning object permanence delight in “where did the ball go” tricks. Both of my daughters did. So why not treat this young orangoutang to the same loving “experiment” humans do with their own children every day?
What is “wrong” about that “experiment”?
