'Tinder for orangutans': Dutch zoo to let female choose mate on a tablet
by Jon Henley European affairs correspondent from on (#2AYG4)
Orangutan Samboja will be shown males on a touchscreen in experiment aimed at learning more about mating choices
A Dutch zoo hopes to increase the breeding chances of a female orangutan by seeing if she will choose a preferred mate on a touchscreen before they are introduced.
In a four-year experiment it has called "Tinder for orangutans", the Apenheul primate park in Apeldoorn will show Samboja, an 11-year-old female, pictures of possible partners from an international great ape breeding programme.
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