An orangutan who went to college
20 17 On August 7th, Atlanta Zoo released a sad obituary. Shatek, a male orangutan who went to college, knew sign language and knew how to make money and spend money, died. The media all over the world reported the news sadly. His last wish before he died was to exchange an iron piece representing money for ice cream!
Actually, about the gorilla Shatek, it can be traced back to 1976. At that time, there was a training program about whether orangutans could achieve or approach human behavior through acquired learning. This seemingly exaggerated plan comes from Lynn Myers, a psychologist at the University of Tennessee in the United States. At that time, he was studying a topic: Is human behavior inherited or trained?
It is reasonable to say that it is enough not to train human children to observe behavior, but the price is too high. If it is the day after tomorrow, the price will be painful, because you will miss the prime time to train your child's behavior, and the influence of the day after tomorrow on him is unknown! So Lynn chose to observe the behavior of orangutans through training to get the answer!
Shatek changed people's cognition of orangutans all their lives.
When Xia was born, for some unknown reasons, the female orangutan refused to breastfeed, just as Lynn's experimental environment needed such an object that had never been in contact with the orangutan world, so Xia was adopted by Lynn, and her growth process was treated as a human baby, except that orangutans could not speak and needed gesture communication, and everything else was subject to the standards of human babies!
Shatek grew up rapidly, his understanding ability far exceeded that of human children in the same period, and his reaction was almost the same as that of human children. For example, when she is happy, she will grin, and when she is scolded, she will be wronged and unhappy. Lynn thinks of it as her own, feeding things, diapers, cribs, she has it all! Soon it learned to communicate with gestures, such as eating like apples, bicycles, toys and so on!
At that time, Xia was nine months old. Since then, Xia has mastered gestures that can express more than 65,438+050 words and can connect many words into phrases. Later, he went to the nursery, learned to draw and tidy his room, and even learned to make his own breakfast!
Xia's college career
The orangutan Xia continues to grow, and Lynn tries to integrate it deeply into society. At this time, Lynn's professorship gives it great convenience. She can bring it directly into the classroom and participate in learning and socializing with her classmates. Of course, Xia can't learn such profound knowledge as advanced mathematics, but she only needs to pass a simple exam!
In addition to improving her social skills, Xia also learned to lie and secretly play when she went to the bathroom! Finally, it passed the exam and was still on its way to the graduation yearbook. Whether this is graduation or dropping out of school, of course it is understandable!
Shatek's tragic experience
After graduation, Shatek stepped into the society. He learned to spend money, recently bought ice cream and secretly worked to save pocket money! Basically, the level of Shatek is similar to that of a 7-year-old child!
But after all, Shatek is an orangutan, and it will eventually grow to more than 90 kilograms, far more powerful than adults. As a result, Shatek's careless behavior on campus caused a girl's complaint, which led to Shatek's imprisonment, and Lynn's behavior research ended here, but the relationship between Lynn and Shatek was not a simple experiment, but a family! So Lynn ran around, hoping to release Satek! But in order to ensure the safety of the people, the police sent Shatek to the zoo!
Shatek died of depression.
After entering the zoo, Xia never returned to society. Although Lynn can come to see her often, Xia should sign her name every time she communicates with her. She wants to go out for ice cream. Lynn is really having a hard time because she can't take Xia away against the will of the police!
The man opened a window for Xia, and then closed it! How cruel is this? Xia already thinks he is human. During a visit, Lynn asked Xia whether he was a human or an orangutan. Xia replied that he is both a human and an orangutan, but Xia can't stay with orangutans anymore, just as humans can only treat animals as pets, not as the same kind, because they can't communicate!
Shakot suffered from severe depression and heart disease before his death. He didn't make a mistake, but he was imprisoned for decades. He is the only chimpanzee in the world who can only communicate with humans. Humans trained him and abandoned him. This feeling may only be realized in summer!
Lynn visited shattuck.
Save the iron and "mom" for ice cream.
So when Xia died, the media all over the world were asking a question!
Why can't humans trust Satek?
In fact, the answer is simple, because humans never thought that Shatek was human! Human tolerance for the same kind is not only because of mutual understanding and consideration, but also because the law stipulates different punishments for human mistakes. Criticism and education are generally carried out for behaviors that do not cause harm. Even if you are detained, you will be released immediately after the facts are clarified!
However, we have zero tolerance for orangutans and can't make mistakes until we die. This requirement is impossible even for human beings, because how can you live without making mistakes? Correct your mistakes and still be a good student! But it's a pity that orangutans don't have this chance. As long as it makes a mistake once, its life as a human being is over!
"If I have never seen the sun, I can stand the darkness. However, the sunshine has made me desolate and become a new desolation. "
In the summer incident, it is not summer that needs to be reflected, but we human beings!