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Excuse the pun, but HOLY BANANAS! That is amazing! Thank you for that vid and the info. That is so cool! I had no idea the chimp could be trained like that. Amazing! Thank you!

Bonobos, a similar ape species equally related to humans, can actually play video games, drive golf carts, and all kinds of cool stuff.

http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_...

Skip to 15:52 if you want to go straight to the one playing Pac-Man.

It would seem they also have far better short-term visual memory than typical humans. Or maybe that's the result of practice. Time to find out...

Oh wow, this is amazing! Looks like it only need a split second to remember the positions of the number in sequence - Unbelievable!

That crazy ape go fast.