I kid you not! A special event held at the Adelaide Zoo will bring focus on what's it is like to live like a zoo animal. Wouldn't that be interesting to go and see?
[H1]Humans ape nature at Adelaide Zoo[/H1] [SPAN class=updated][FONT size=1]
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[DIV id=storystyles] [P class=wallacepara]The launch of the Human Zoo exhibit at the Adelaide Zoo has blurred the line between human and ape.
[P class=wallacepara]Six people are being locked up in the old orang-outang enclosure during opening hours for a week.
[P class=wallacepara]Over the next month, 24 people will act as though they are animals on display.
[P class=wallacepara]A great ape expert and psychology lecturer Carla Litchfield will spend the four weeks studying their behaviour.
[P class=wallacepara]"Part of what I do at the zoo is to come up with activities for great apes and other animals, to stimulate them behaviourally and keep their brains occupied," she said.
[P class=wallacepara]"I never know what it feels like, so a month in there will give me a good idea of the smells and sounds and what it's like to be stared at by thousands of people every day."
[P class=wallacepara]The exercise also aims to raise money for conservation and a new enclosure for primates at the Monarto Zoo.
[P class=wallacepara][A href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1820519.htm"][FONT size=1]http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1820519.htm[/FONT][/A]
[P class=wallacepara]See pictures of past zoo experience from the London Zoo:
[P class=wallacepara][A href="http://www.zsl.org/london-zoo/whats-on/the-human-zoo,94,EV.html"][FONT size=1]http://www.zsl.org/london-zoo/whats-on/the-human-zoo,94,EV.html[/FONT][/A]
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