Chimps touched by television: “A new study suggests that
humans are not the only animals to feel
sad or scared when watching television
— chimpanzees are also moved by
video clips of fearful or appealing
scenes.

What’s more, Lisa Parr of Yerkes
Regional Primate Research Center in
Atlanta, Georgia has found that chimps (Pan troglodytes) respond
physically to events portrayed in videos just as they would to the events
themselves. Nature science