Project Chimps: Laboratory Chimps Retirement Home | Georgia Outdoors

On this episode of Georgia Outdoors; Project Chimps provides a refuge for retired laboratory chimpanzees.
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[@reuterromain1054]

When they hug each other like we humans do is amazing.

[@lilirishgrl]

Very happy for the chimps that end up here. Wished all of the lab primates could be so lucky. Many blessings to all involved that care for and love them. ❤🙏🕊️

[@magicmoney9653]

These useless apes are a total waste of valuable resources. This pissed me off to see when we still have families living out of their cars unable to pay rent. I'm supposed to care if these vile nasty creature are " enriched" and get to choose to have a "play date" or not? This is pathetic, they should have been euthanized a long time ago, and the funding should be re appropriated to a more worth while cause like homeless families or abused women and children. There evil creatures have it way too good. I'll be happy to donate as many rifles and shovels that they need though.

[@nikkikiely8928]

How could people look at the amazing animals- any animal - and be so cruel and heartless? Those people are wired different - for real. Thank you for help , dedication and love for them❤

[@magicmoney9653]

It's hard for me to be able to understand how our government can allow these DANGEROUS animals and the loons that care for them to set up such a dangerous facility around neighborhoods, schools,etc. Despise what these seemingly intelligent folks are tryin to portray, these creatures are extremely dangerous and unpredictable. This isn't curious George for Pete's sake. They have to be separated by glass or love wires to receive treatment and food. In my opinion the taxpayers and other stakeholders would have been much better served by donating them to the Army Rangers for target practice.

[@craftycrafter1960]

It’s awful isn’t it?

[@reuterromain1054]

@@craftycrafter1960 Not everything that is lawful is morally correct. I can see the joy in their faces.

[@cochinaable]

Them chimps have never been outdoors nor climbed trees but first time they do it seems so natural and like they've been always doing it.

[@sonjam314]

The labs that have experiments with these animals need to step up big time and make large and often donations to help take care of all the animals that need to be sent here to live out what is left of their so far crappy lives they have had to live!!!!! They are owed at least that much for all the years of hell the labs put them through. I thank everyone that helps here and donates to this beautiful organization. These animals deserve the best and we all know they didn’t get that in the labs. God Bless and thank you so much for the awesome video❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@carolmcgaghey6112]

HOW MUCH ARE THESE PHARMA LABS DONATING TOWARDS THESE FURBABIES

[@carlschmiedeke151]

Wow this is a magnificent place, thank you people, this needs to happen all over the 🌎

[@av8tore71]

I donate $200 monthly wishing I could do more. These Chimps will never know real freedom like wild chimps do and it's ashame how we treat these beautiful primate

[@michaelmccarthy1939]

This makes me feel so happy for all of the chimp's who've lived most of their lives in lab's. They are deserving of freedom and the best possible care we can provide. I'd love to visit the chimp sanctuary. 🌿❤🌿

[@kathdavies1220]

We owe this to then, as they have helped mankind find cures for diseases. It is only fitting we pay it forward.

[@junecooper4688]

Definitely,we owe the chimpanzee as they have sacrificed years of pain in those labs

[@hadleymanmusic]

Made to suffer but not now they got refuge

[@craftycrafter1960]

@@junecooper4688 they didn’t sacrifice anything, they were forced into whatever happened to them. It’s horrible 😳

[@magicmoney9653]

We dont owe these vile disgusting creatures anything. It was our good sense as humans we found a way to put these otherwise violent useless creatures to good use. Just the sounds of these spawns of Satan sound like the depths of hell. Look how they behave towards people and each other - pure evil. Owe them pffff,

[@magicmoney9653]

We dont owe these vile disgusting creatures anything. It was our good sense as humans we found a way to put these otherwise violent useless creatures to good use. Just the sounds of these spawns of Satan sound like the depths of hell. Look how they behave towards people and each other - pure evil. Owe them pffff,

[@FlyinZX10R]

Thank you for taking care of them, especially after what they have endured.

[@ningmixayboua6452]

It is so horrible what humanity does to animals with all the abuse I am glad there are people who care like human society and these guys 😢

[@malcolmbliss777]

God bless project chimps. When we treat animals as we want to be treated ourselves, we will deserve to share this planet with the rest of God’s creations.

[@bridgetttubbs9959]

How beautiful can it be? Just awesome ! Is I am so happy for these beautiful creatures. They have been through such misery for human kind. I think we owe them what ever we can do. I love seeing the compassion from the staff. Just beautiful

[@bridgetttubbs9959]

@Ce Heath I think you are right as well. . They are pitiful. I see your side and respect what you are saying. Two sides to every situation. It is a lot of money to feed them and take care of them. So I get what you are saying.

[@klock6657]

Excellent video. I am a new donor to the sanctuary and love to see info like this.

[@GPBGeorgiaOutdoors]

Glad it was helpful!

[@magicmoney9653]

Such a waste of money when you should be helping the millions of hungry children out there or homeless families. You priorities are screwed up and God is watching

[@magicmoney9653]

​@@GPBGeorgiaOutdoors I love how you are duping people out of there hard earned money to waste on these useless apes that should have been euthanised a long time ago . We have hungry children and homeless families in this country and you are taking resources away from.that for these vile disgusting creatures. Shame on you.

[@klock6657]

@@magicmoney9653 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yes God is watching me and you have no idea who I am or who I am helping. Nice try @Magic Money.

[@robinmccoy9710]

OMG I'm so thrilled @ happy,excited and grateful that at least these chimps are going to actually have and enjoy a life!! The make hugging the female for the first time in his entire life, being so gentle, careful not to hurt her. How heartbreakingly sweet is that?? Oh to be young again and able to go work at one of these places!!! It's got to be so rewarding in oh so many ways!!! Blessed be the primates and the humans who love and care for them!!!!

[@SweetUniverse]

It's hard to stop from touching them because we're used to touching each other and our pets ❤❤

[@suzannehall3739]

Humans are not apes

[@BluntforceJ]

@@suzannehall3739 yes they are

[@gregormiller4037]

@@BluntforceJ YES WE ARE 😎

[@tryingtolearn2876]

Lady in beginning explained it very well

[@jcboom6894]

When I was a pharmacy student we went through Dow in Indianapolis. They had 5 or 6 chimps in rather small cages for chimps at the facility. They used them for respiratory testing. I hope you or another sanctuary has them.We had to wear masks to protect the chimps. The employees there said the chimps would stick their fingers in the cage next to them and get fingers bitten off. The hand surgeons practiced by sewing fingers back on.

[@Needsleep777]

Who bit them off

[@Needsleep777]

That’s awful

[@LonEr4evah]

This is so awesome 😍 well deserving. They have suffered enough. I wish I had money to contribute 😣 hopefully all chimps still in labs get to go...

[@louiseallen5298]

It hurts the heart to know what humans have done to these endangered beings. They are much more Humane than the humans who heartlessly tortured them. Bless you all, and thank you.

[@kathleendavidson5884]

Louiseseaallen 5298 you are so right I get so depressed when I see animals in zoos and these animals that have spent their lives being experimented on and now we are supposed. To be happy that finally they are seeing the outside for the first time.shame on the world for allowing it.

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

I'd plant a bunch of fruit trees for them to eat on in the summer to help out on food bill and it would let them do for there self as we all like to do right

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

@@RossRossiter there's always one of you somewhere wanting to start isn't there

[@meech8046]

Plant some trees and in 15 years they will bear enough fruit to last a week if that.

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

@Christy Star there not vile and disgusting after all there god’s creatures as well

[@lynnski7639]

After what these poor souls have endured at the hand of man,money should not be a problem.Poached from the wild or intentionally bred,every single last suffering soul needs to be retired to sanctuary asap.These animals paid with their health & sanity,the very least we owe them is to live the rest of their days stress free,content & well taken care of.

[@nikkikiely8928]

Totally agree. That’s for all animals tho . Those people are creeps.

[@Cecilia-fc3sg]

What a delight to see them being cared for in such a way. Giving them choices etc. I'm amazed. Thank you for doing this!

[@vickiepainter306]

Some people are so cruel!!!

[@toshmarie3499]

At 9:39 he's like, "move aside gents, this is my buffet". Edit: 17:10 my heart breaks for da atrocities they been subjected 2. The touching scenes at 19:40, is kinda hard 2 watch(for me emotionally), knowing they've never had a caring gentle embrace(or contact in general). Bless u all for giving them a new life.

[@teijaflink2226]

It was heartbreaking even if a happy moment, I don't know how old those chimps were but they had never before had the chance to embrace a chimp of the opposite sex.

[@karenlulay]

What a wonderful project. Bless everyone involved.

[@magicmoney9653]

It's hard for me to be able to understand how our government can allow these DANGEROUS animals and the loons that care for them to set up such a dangerous facility around neighborhoods, schools,etc. Despise what these seemingly intelligent folks are tryin to portray, these creatures are extremely dangerous and unpredictable. This isn't curious George for Pete's sake. They have to be separated by glass or love wires to receive treatment and food. In my opinion the taxpayers and other stakeholders would have been much better served by donating them to the Army Rangers for target practice.

[@christopherwilliams7905]

The difference is not small. Stop saying that. The difference is vast!!

[@DulceN]

I’m only glad they survived the experiments and get to live the rest of their lives in a safe and healthy environment.

[@michaeldunn5197]

I’m so glad something as cool as this exists in my home state

[@annasteffiesolenick9732]

some tears came to my eyes. I want to visit or volunteer if possible. oops, maybe not volunteer, since I just saw on the video that you can get "IN", but "Getting OUT" is a different problem---LOL. and "you don't want to be alone" with a chimpanzee." I didn't know that!!! I am so, so glad these guys got saved. tears. now I saw the video and info, and since I'm in FL I can visit!!! and I will. I never cry, and God gave a few tears before I even watched the video. now I know why. HE knows what's going on, every step these chimps ever took, in the labs and now free to be themselves. God Bless.

[@Peachy08]

They can be very dangerous. There was a woman that raised one for years. It attacked her friend. Tore her face off. I believe the woman was the first recipient of a face transplant.

[@leannehigham7616]

Why do humans feel they have the right to domesticate wild animals, feed them unsuitable food and then complain when they get hurt by them 🤔 A lot of people are selfish and DUMB! everyone gets the Karna they deserve.....thank you God for that 😢

[@majesticworld255]

@@Peachy08 you should have added the fact that his owner had given him drugs only meant for humans, a wild animal no matter how long you've had them will truly lose their natural instinct.

[@barbaradavis8372]

Why do You think that Michael Jackson gave away his beloved pet chimpanzee after he reached about age 5? I’ve read a lot about this and seen a lot of videos and it seems that when the chimps reach puberty at around age 5, they become extremely dangerous. They are simply adorable as babies, but they are wild animals and are meant to be left in the wild. They are not meant to be treated as human babies, fed like humans and dressed in silly outfits. That poor woman in Connecticut has her face entirely ripped off by a So-called friends chimpanzee when the friend was called over to help because the chimpanzee had got loose. When the police responded, as they had before, the chimp, high on Xanax, turned on them and tried to kill them.

[@barbaradavis8372]

So sorry! I must’ve pushed the wrong button and the reply was sent before I had a chance to correct the errors. These gyms are extremely dangerous and unpredictable as said in the video. I live in North Georgia and I’d like to volunteer at the sanctuary, however, I will obey all safety rules! I’ve seen that poor woman’s face, or what’s left of it, who lives in Connecticut and was almost killed by a chimp!

[@tresjolieme81]

I wish zoos saved a long strip of land like this for all their mammals to get some exercise and Atleast alternate them out. Polar bear and bear enclosures look the worst all they do is pace.

[@franksckupakus6138]

It seems to me that a lot of the zoos on the East Coast were built in a day where that wasn’t a consideration. I feel like they should all be relocated to more open areas where they have the ability to do exactly what you say.

[@tracyholloman981]

If you see a zoo with animals in those conditions contact PETA or some organization that is willing to listen a help save an animal from those conditions. Start a petition. People like us can help save and change their lives. We have to be their voices

[@shadowbanned6280]

im thankful the zoo I live near has large exhibits and hidey places for all animals. Garlyn Zoo is a great zoo, they have wild chickens running around everywhere and some accidently fly into the predators encloses. Adds for more stimuli, and the chickens have a cagefree fun life with tourists feeding them.

[@cranegantry868]

End animal experiments. End zoos and captive animals. End animals being in cages.

[@TedH71]

@@cranegantry868 The problem with that scenario is some animals can't ever come back to their native spaces because there's none left or they're the only ones still alive.

[@janeokonkwo2164]

I cried thank u for letting them free xxxxx

[@animalntelligence3170]

I like his line: "Their get-together situation."

[@TheRealBaxterslideralus]

thank you for caring, God Bless

[@raypratt3611]

U can see that when the male hugs the female,he is breathing so fast,just like what happens with us when we meet someone for the first time on a date or something and she reassured him by putting her arms around him,now tell me that is not as close to human as u can get!?!?

[@normantessier3379]

Humanity has just come to realize that our Cousins of the Rain Forest are no Damned Different than them. It's about time!!

[@williammwoodjr]

I love this place

[@neilwilliamyoung]

The labs that used the chimps should have to pony up $$$$$ for the care. They didn.t mind paying up for the testing!

[@RossRossiter]

They're not using pony's in labs are they?

[@neilwilliamyoung]

@@RossRossiter Is that supposed to be witty?

[@RossRossiter]

Heaven forfend, no

[@elizabethmurphy3832]

If there is a heaven there must be a special place for these people who care for our chimpanzee cousins. Thank yo all!

[@ddq57sm64]

Thank You...

[@pamelaubl504]

How wonderful!

[@grahamjones2454]

This is wonderful, I’m Intrigued to know how the Surrounding Sasquatch groups have responded to this !!!!! X

[@catherinedupre814]

Ya never know…🤭

[@grahamjones2454]

They must hear the calls of the chimps!!,and as their a non native primate to the United States unlike Sasquatch! So I’m fascinated as to what they make of them!!!!!

[@bramsrockhopper3377]

The things we do to animals - farmed, wild and (so-called) domesticated...it makes you weep. Every time you do not demand that your lawmakers stop the torture and abuse of animals, every time you elect officials who do not passionately advocate for animals in every way....you are contributing to their suffering. Every time you eat meat or dairy you contribute to the suffering and torture of animals with thoughts and feelings. Instead of assuming that animals are stupid and without feeling until we have absolute proof 🙄 why do we not instead assume that they *do* have these attributes? Because it serves our greedy purpose to think them lesser than us. Thinking them stupid and without feeling, we can use them for our benefit and just look the other way. It’s great to see these poor animals in any kind of freedom. But they should not have been taken from the wild or bred for these experiments anyway. Lab testing is a notoriously bad way of researching anyway. We have no rights over other creatures. We certainly have no moral rights over them. No benefit to mankind is worth what we have done and continue to do to animals. We are barbaric, cruel, inhuman humans. As long as it doesn’t affect us negatively, we’re okay with nice things being done for these chimps, for once. But we’ll continue to look the other way while the experiments carry on and other animals are tortured out of sight. Think of beagles strapped to boards and mutilated. Cats with their heads strapped in place so that ingredients for cosmetics, perfumes and toiletries can be placed in their eyes. Animals operated on, injected with poisons and diseases, watched while they suffer and die... Would any other animals do those things to us? No. They might attack us if we’re a threat. They might even kill us. But they wouldn’t torture us and watch and talk about it and ignore our suffering for decades until we die of old age. We are barbaric. We are ‘animals’ unlike any other. They are better than us.

[@gypsy97feder94]

What an amazing and touching assessment of our using animals for our own selfish purposes. The way we treat animals is barbaric.

[@illonaj4359]

I couldn't imagine being a scientist doing experiments on any animal and then going home to my family and lying about how the animals are doing their bit to help mankind and say they are being well looked after. Then your child want to come to work to see the chimps, You'd always have to lie and make excuses why they can't come see the work you really do. Gee the worst or best thing would be if the children grew up to be animal activists. How would it be explained to them about being a cruel barbaric heartless butcher then. I just can't understand how scientists can't see pain an sadness in the animals eyes.. I suppose they get numb to it and get on with the so called job. Sad sad sad.

[@RossRossiter]

I wouldn't be so sure. My cat Barbara takes great pleasure in torturing me. She moves my bedroom door backwards and forwards by just an inch because she knows the resultant squeaking will invoke my ire and I'll have to get up to feed her. Evil Barbara. Oh god she's watching me as I type this... get back babs, I wasn't I swear

[@afork2600]

Lol why did this guy write a whole essay on KZbin 😂😂😂😂🗿

[@jodie1survives136]

Creation is so amazing

[@stephaniemamatree5973]

Oh that would b hard to not touch/ rub them them with at least one finger. I remember seeing on the news farmers picking food just to let it sit there n rot...farmers could work a deal and donate or discount the food.

[@chantelh532]

I feel so bad for these poor chimps. We need a huge giant outdoor sanctuary for these animals where there safe and can be fed. Being locked up still after being in labs just awful:/ they deserve to roam free and always at all times feel safe.

[@RossRossiter]

They don't always feel safe in the wild. There are a myriad of dangers in the wild, from predators to venomous ground dwelling creatures, to threats from their own heirarchical family group to rival groups. This idea that the wild is somehow chimp utopia is bizarre. I'm sure these beautiful complex intelligent and aggressive chimps will do just fine in this sanctuary

[@junecooper4688]

@@RossRossiter I agree

[@HektorBandimar]

Fascinating but frightening animals.

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Very informative. I subscribe to sanctuary YT channels, but this report gives a lot more background.

[@darlenekorson3716]

How did I not know this is in my state???

[@TedBronson1918]

Plant fruit trees and other things they'd like to eat. Let mother nature help to feed them and greatly reduce the budget.

[@sheilawilson9992]

This is so wonderful that we now have primates being loved and taken care of in the U.S. It's long overdue. It thrills my heart to know they're here safe and OUT OF LABS. I've always HATED seeing them in those dreary depressing cages with nothing but fear in their minds for what awaits them the next day. That's heartbreaking to know humans did that to someone as close to being us as you can get without actually being us. Look what they've done to their spirits and souls. Some very broken. Those we'll never see on a special program, because until they're rehabilitated enough it's to overwhelming for us to see what has been done to them. The male and female that just met hugged, smelled, just explored one another because they'd never been able to do it before. They probably never knew there was someone out there that was the same, but yet very different in many ways. It's heartbreaking to know that was done to them against their will. How many baby chimps were stolen from their mothers just to be, for the lack of a better word, guinea pig for labs. Now we can rejoice with every hug they get and give each other. It makes my heart literally jump for their joy as I watched the male and female show each other their trust, respect, comfort and affection. Maybe some humans could learn a few things from THEM. When you're not a threat to me, or out to hurt or use me, you deserve my unconditional love and I yours! God bless every staff member keeping this sanctuary going! The chimps THANK YOU for it and so do we. We're glad you're here!! 💖✌

[@magicmoney9653]

These useless apes are a total waste of valuable resources. This pissed me off to see when we still have families living out of their cars unable to pay rent. I'm supposed to care if these vile nasty creature are " enriched" and get to choose to have a "play date" or not? This is pathetic, they should have been euthanized a long time ago, and the funding should be re appropriated to a more worth while cause like homeless families or abused women and children. There evil creatures have it way too good. I'll be happy to donate as many rifles and shovels that they need though.

[@joannsainz8209]

Benign ...!💗💗💗

[@altsummoner3630]

freedom another word for a compound

[@junecooper4688]

Exactly

[@theGoonezone]

Whats buetyfull Projekt ! Thx !!!

[@leannehigham7616]

Where are you Mr Pharmaceutical? $$$$$ compensation for rehabilitation from your massive profits perhaps!

[@2furbabys743]

It only takes a small fraction to support them n these retirement homes than they spend on housing them & experimenting on them!!! The government needs to step up on that!!

[@Happy-uy5wc]

The Chimpanzees that have been used to test chemotherapy, have hair loss, they have gone blind and they most likely have migraine head aches. When I went through chemotherapy I had those symptoms. To relieve those symptoms I used, L-Lysine 2 or 3 times a day to relieve the pain it also helped bring back my eye sight and hair. L-Lysine helps build your protein that was depleted by the chemotherapy.

[@zebracary]

Chimps in the wild make tools to use on termite mounds, as they said in the program. Why don't they make artificial termite mounts with holes/chambers filler with goodies like peanut butter,yogurt, pudding etc. That would be great enrichment and it could be moved from 1 enclosure for a day, cleaned and used in another enclosure the next. This way the chimps would only get the manmade termite mound once in a while as enrichment. All it would take is some creat mix to make a slab and when it gets almost dry add another layer and so on till they have a termite mount shape. Drill holes in it to fit a deep plastic test tube, so the tubes could be taken out and cleaned. I don't know how they would lock the tube into place but I am sure someone could figure that out. I think that would mimic natural behavior and could keep them busy alk day

[@magicmoney9653]

This is an absolute waste of money and valuable resources on these useless apes who should have been euthanized a long time ago. It's an enormous cost to keep these things alive, yet we still have families living out of their car? A perfect example of screwed up priorities. Compare the money being wasted on them currently, compare that with the cost of a bullet and shovel. Its a no brainer to me. I dont give 2 sh':'ts if these vile disgusting creatures get to choose their day. I want to see families struggling to feed their kids get to " choose" what they feed their kids for dinner. SMH Chimpanzees 🤮🤮

[@joannsainz8209]

Project Chimps!!!🙏

[@vancityslicker2844]

First he throws the object as a distraction then attacks.

[@tracydog8344]

It's a small step in the right direction. We owe them so much, I'm glad to see that some of these fortunate animals are given some freedom. I hope science finds a better way to progress without the suffering of any creatures.

[@omia3144]

No more testing on living creatures !

[@angelanuttall1868]

Wow❤️💥😍👌👉, amazing, such shame how these magnificent animals have to be experimented on,🤔🙌❣️😍

[@angelanuttall1868]

@Ce Heath 🤔👉 If u haven't got anything nice to say 😷 Don't open your mouth 👈👌🙊

[@ThreePhaseHigh]

Well I think there’s a lot more different than just language. I mean when’s the last time you saw a chimp build and fly an airplane.

[@IKnowYouDidnt]

1000's of years of innovation... innovation. You have absolutely no idea the support from the rest of humanity that you have adopted to think is your own... Place a large group of children in a isolated habitat, with everything they need to survive... Then come back 20 years later... Throw them the instructions and all the tools, materials and supplies to build a airplane... see how many generations pass before they figure it out.... 1st, you have absolutely no idea what a truly feral human is like... even the uncontacted feral humans of the isolated tribes rely on much more innovation than you know... They're not completely feral. Truly feral humans would be nothing more than animals. Just as apes, they would have communication but, not language. Picture books might not even have any meaning to them, if the instructions to build the plane were laid out even in the simplest of forms, it most likely would be incomprehensible. I'd venture to say it would be just as easy to teach a group of chimps how to build one as it would a group of feral humans.... I should know... I'm a aircraft mechanics teacher... LOL (just kidding)

[@mavica130]

I think you should sacrifice a different chimpanzee testing doctor to the monkeys every month until they are all gone

[@katr8756]

And see how huge that 2% difference is in looks, intelligence and unprovoked vilonce!

[@jackson2861]

I would have had so much fun with the one interviewing... you should jump up and down on one leg to show them you want to be friends

[@bobbyboon2176]

Medical testing should be done in humans that volunteer and ones proven to hurt children and elderly not on animals what have no choices it's torcher plain simple animals don't deserve this kind of treatment it's not human it's evil and crule

[@hadleymanmusic]

They should never be locked in a cage

[@bendover1525]

Would plant Native fruit trees for the chimps to eat?

[@datboiicardo7036]

What is the thing shown for a second @ 4:23?

[@bozboz4414]

I used to think evolution was a bunch of BS but the more chimp & gorilla videos I watch the more I'm becoming open to the idea

[@LonEr4evah]

❤

[@RossRossiter]

hes so wrong about dogs not recognising themselves in the mirror, i even saw a dog recognise himself and get very excited having seen a video of himself on a tv

[@heidikickhouse-]

Since the 1800s, men have studied the subject of self-awareness/consciousness in animal species, infant humans + related topics and probably Aristotle and B.C. Egyptian philosophers did too. You are correct - that was ignorant, the internet is chock-full of research available. In a fascinating and fun way, there is a man + wife on KZbin who have dedicated their lives to documenting jungle animals responding to huge mirrors in Africa. Families/herds of elephants, lions, every variety of simian, monkey ate baboon etc., pumas tigers + other cats, and a gazillion other species I can't think of right now. No bears that I recall. (We spent a year being addicted to that channel!). One of the most interesting things was to see how the parents/older members of an animal family group could only view the reflection as an enemy combatant other, but the little child animal soon was able to recognize it was himself he saw after some repeat viewings. Grown ups never "got it". (I forget which species that was, maybe jaguar?) Also interesting was when two species wanted to play with the huge mirrors at the same time, who would concede to whom? I vaguely remember the elephants winning a lot.. Sorry to ramble, I forgot how good that channel was, I think I'm going to have to try to find it again!

[@RossRossiter]

I've watched those giant mirror vids, they're fantastic. I was in total awe when a silver back repeatedly displayed and charged his own reflection seeing only a challenge to his status. Truly powerful and awe inspiring. If you put a red dot on a toddlers face you can gauge whether or not they recognise themselves or another toddler. The dog I was referring to was the pet of a good friend and we'd been out walking in the woods and I filmed us, when we got home I replayed the footage on a TV and his dog became very animated excited and barked as he saw himself and us earlier that day. It was a magical experience but my friend was totally non plussed knowing just how smart his dog was already. There you go, I end on a rambling tip, just like you.

[@heidikickhouse-]

@@RossRossiter I hope this doesn't sound ghoulish.. but is there a yt video of the toddler experiment you could recommend? (don't have one to try with!). Would love to see the "awakening"..

[@RossRossiter]

For a moment there, when you said that you didn't have a toddler, well my mammalian instinct, hubris and ego kicked in. I'm embarrassed and slightly shame faced Heidi. This is KZbin not plenty of fish

[@heidikickhouse-]

@@RossRossiter Even though I was actually looking for a link to a video of that, I read the first half of your comment, and I went out and bought a crib. Only then to come home to read the second half! Curses on you, Mr. Rossiter. Imagine my devastation.

[@animalntelligence3170]

Even cats think about the future -- cats know going in the car often means visiting the vet -- how can any complex animal not plan? A pregnant cat will plan for the delivery for finding a nesting site. So of course chimps plan for the future.

[@insatiablecuriosity2555]

They show all that beautiful land in the beginning, they chimps get a courtyard. Ok…better than nothing I guess.

[@anuarbinabusamah6895]

There are the survivors

[@JaneDoe-sz3jp]

I think humans should come first. They sure dont spend a dime on helping children who are suffering

[@laurenwilson2145]

adachi chimp !:3

[@GigaChad..]

9:09 i think he wants me to pay my rent

[@edwardbughiuc100]

we have a strong connection with chimpanzees, that's why we feel they should be captured and used as experiments so that they are kept close to us. Not to mention destroying their habitat and keeping them in prison for pretty much their entire lives. But eventually we will let them out into a larger enclosure, with barbed electrified fences so that our connection remains strong

[@reuterromain1054]

Locking these wonderful creatures up in a little cage and subjecting them to all kinds of pseudo-medical atrocities is criminal.

[@oliviawutam]

Georgia, we call them animals in a demeaning tone, What are we then?

[@craftycrafter1960]

We are also animals, a different species

[@ozdorothyfan]

They better hope one of these guys isn't Koba.

[@parsleyisthicc]

3:37 me remembering something funny

[@seemone3833]

I hope no aliens come to earth and do the same with us: experiments. The wirde thing is, i think they do and we deserved this.....animals the same like us. They have a soul, feelings and toughts.

[@silvermystic2001]

Such a shame that these animals are born into labs. If I heard that in the woods, I'd want to meet the chimps ahha

[@moneymakingsim4314]

At 19:42 , my man was on swoll and ready to poke!!!😂😂😂

[@Jack-hy1zq]

It is well known that in the wild, meat is an essential part of chimpanzee diet. Jane Goodall and many others observed and studied this. Do you feed them meat?

[@magicmoney9653]

These useless apes are a total waste of valuable resources. This pissed me off to see when we still have families living out of their cars unable to pay rent. I'm supposed to care if these vile nasty creature are " enriched" and get to choose to have a "play date" or not? This is pathetic, they should have been euthanized a long time ago, and the funding should be re appropriated to a more worth while cause like homeless families or abused women and children. There evil creatures have it way too good. I'll be happy to donate as many rifles and shovels that they need though.

[@thegameranch5935]

I don’t think its essential for em, it just tastes good

[@ianspingle8865]

They can't go back to the wild this is the next best thing, just need more space. The companies that used these animals should pay for their retirements 🦍

[@susanhendren8079]

I thought bongos were closer to our DNA

[@chrissniper3761]

They should do the testing on rapists killers and child molesters not these beautiful innocent creatures

[@magicmoney9653]

These useless apes are a total waste of valuable resources. This pissed me off to see when we still have families living out of their cars unable to pay rent. I'm supposed to care if these vile nasty creature are " enriched" and get to choose to have a "play date" or not? This is pathetic, they should have been euthanized a long time ago, and the funding should be re appropriated to a more worth while cause like homeless families or abused women and children. There evil creatures have it way too good. I'll be happy to donate as many rifles and shovels that they need though.

[@Needsleep777]

I wish those chimps got there hands and teeth on some of those testers in the labs

[@oliviawutam]

I'm ashamed to be human, I know that I am inferior on many levels to the chimps, sorry chimps.

[@mikeferris408]

I fund it absolutely disgusting what people do to animals! Regardless. No excuses. Humans can be just beyond cruel not only to each other but to animals as well and it's so appalling n just down right pure evil.

[@deidrecoetsee4516]

I was under the impression that orangutans were the most closely related to humans?

[@RossRossiter]

You've been roaming the planet for Lord knows how long thinking that Orangutans were our closest relatives? Please tell me you haven't imparted this dangerous falsehood to anyone else? I accept your apology but please be sure about your relatives in future, I implore you.

[@Ben-hl5mu]

@@RossRossiter Dude, she's not that far off, next to chimps and bonobos we are most closely related to orangutans. There are a lot dumber answers than orangutans in regards to what species were most closely related to, including the answer that were not related to the other great apes at all because God made humans special. If people out there think that orangutans are our closest relative instead of third closest relative it's not something to get your knickers on a knot about.

[@RossRossiter]

@@Ben-hl5mu I know, I was joking

[@omia3144]

Perhaps playing Nikola Tesla is 369 frequency hurts for the sanctuary through speakers will heal their DNA from all that nasty testing that they had to endure. Nikola Tesla says were three things energy & vibration and frequency. If it works for humans it would work for animals. This music is all over the Internet and it’s free.This frequency music is known to heal spiritually , physically and mentally.

[@vincentjacobsson3981]

ANIMAL FRIENDS MUST BE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW AGREEMENTS!

[@jeffstrong4580]

They eat chickens and other meats too.

[@honeydate]

I would never work there!

[@TheEDSguy]

Yoooo Theo wasnt joking.......