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Now more than ever, people feel alienated from the natural world and worried about animal life. Meanwhile we humans are finally appreciating that we aren’t the only intelligent life forms here, and we never have been. Join me, Lisa Lanser Rose, an award-winning author, educator, and dog trainer, and my guests as we put science, experience, and radical empathy to work. Let us take you deep into the minds of our fellow creatures. By imagining what it‘s like to BE another creature, we hope to forge a bond strong enough to save us all, on This Animal Life.
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Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Lies, Spies, and The Great Ape Escape
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Meet Fu Manchu, master of deception, world-class escape artist, and party guy. Oh, and Fu's also an orangutan. Ann tells Fu's joyfully mysterious story, and together she and Lisa try to pick the lock on Fu's mind. No one argues he fashioned an ingenious tool, but to what extent was he deceiving his captors? Fu Man Chu challenges human assumptions about other creatures' Theory of Mind, the ability to imagine what another creature is thinking and to behave accordingly.
Want to learn more or watch any of the videos we mention? Go to ThisAnimalLife.com and click on Show Notes.
Calhoun, Ben, “Fu Manchu,” Radiolab, January 2010.
Gaines, James, “This epic zoo escape story shows how fantastically smart orangutans can be,” Upworthy, August 2016.
Stockton, Paysha, "Animal tales: an orangutan escape artist, other stories," Seattle Times, September 2000.
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