I swear this story is true

Published April 29, 2020

Scientists have created a lifelike animatronic gorilla they are using to spy on real gorillas. Really. And it’s caught the live gorillas singing.

“A young gorilla came over and did the natural thing for him, which was to beat its chest. For a baby gorilla, that means ‘I want to play,’ and if our gorilla was lifeless, not moving, I think the gorilla would have lost interest. But our spy gorilla was able to beat its chest too.”

 

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