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Chimpanzee scrolls through Instagram like it’s no big deal. Video is viral

ByTrisha Sengupta
Apr 26, 2019 05:12 PM IST

The video starts with the chimpanzee watching a video. With its eyes glued to the screen, the chimp also swipes back to find other videos and images.

Raise your hands if you are an Instagram addict. There are many who easily get sucked into this world of endless scrolling and viewing. Recently, this addictive habit was emulated by a chimpanzee. Posted by @therealtarzann, the video is about a chimpanzee scrolling through Instagram on an iPhone.

Unsurprisingly, the post obtained over 1,500,000 views on Instagram since April 22.(Instagram/@therealtarzann)
Unsurprisingly, the post obtained over 1,500,000 views on Instagram since April 22.(Instagram/@therealtarzann)

Finding it hard to believe? The video starts with the chimpanzee watching a video. With its eyes glued to the screen, the chimp also swipes back to find other videos and images. Unsurprisingly, the post obtained over 1,500,000 views on Instagram since April 22.

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Eventually, it was also shared across other social media platforms. Predictably, netizens came up with numerous comments. Check out some funny ones.

While the internet is going gaga over the video, not all are too happy. “Sorry to be a killjoy, but this isn’t something anyone who cares about chimps should be happy to see. The animal does look like it’s in a domestic home, so it’s probably a pet, which is a really really bad idea. Chimps make dreadful pets—they’re intelligent social animals whose needs are difficult to meet, even in a setting like a good quality sanctuary,” Adriana Lowe, a primatologist and PhD candidate at the University of Kent in the UK told Motherboard.

Furthermore, primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall published this statement on her official blog, “I am very disappointed to see the inappropriate portrayal of a juvenile chimpanzee in this video which is currently circulating on social media... As responsible and compassionate individuals, I hope anyone who sees the video will not like, share or comment on it and all responsible media outlets change the coverage of the video to highlight stories of chimpanzees in wild or responsible captive care.”

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