Posts Tagged ‘chimpanzee’

Chimpanzee food challenges

A video of Ken Shimura taking genius Chimpanzee Pan-kun to various parts of Japan to sample local cuisine:

If you notice big changes in Pan-kun’s size between the clips, do not be alarmed. Some of the segments were filmed several years ago.
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Chimpanzee hoses down bear cubs

A video of genius chimpanzee Pan-kun learning how to hose down bear cubs at his zoo (English subs are provided to explain what is going on):

It was a pretty risky challenge. If something had gone wrong, it might have ended up like the terribly cruel “Animal Farm” program that Brian in Jeollanam-do recently blogged about.

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Chimpanzee vs. Beetles

Genius chimpanzee Pan-kun helps deliver new beetles to an enclosure at Cuddly Dominion [from last night's episode of "Shimura Zoo"]

Pretty entertaining, except for the part about 2 minutes into the clip when Pan-kun is being tortured by a beetle. It would have been nice for his trainer to remove the beetle instead of just watching Pan-kun writhe around in a state of panic.

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Eating Japanese food with a chimpanzee

Genius chimpanzee Pan-kun was taught how to eat various foods on last night’s episode of “Shimura Zoo”:

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Learning Japanese business etiquette from a Chimpanzee

On last night’s episode of “Shimura Zoo,” genius chimpanzee Pan-kun was made a company president so that NTV’s newest announcers could practice their business etiquette.

First, the announcers introduce themselves to Pan-kun and present business cards:

Next, they must show off their news announcing skills about observing Pan-kun’s actions and giving live commentary:

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Chimpanzee refuses to eat bitter vegetables

Celebrity chimpanzee Pan-kun doesn’t like the bitter taste of goya, but as this clip shows, his mind can be changed:

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