The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles — Season 1, Episode 1: USA
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
They start out in the USA, where they pit their wits against Kanzi, a bonobo ape who is able to communicate with humans using a series of pictures and symbols - and is also thought to be one of the first apes to show an understanding of spoken English. They also meet a chimpanzee memory wizard, a 25-year-old orang-utan that enjoys playing video games and that well-known genius of the ocean, the dolphin.
About The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles
Anne Hegerty, Shaun Wallace and Mark Labbett embark on a geeky road trip to uncover the cognitive abilities of animals. The brainboxes have won quizzes the world over, but wonder where they are in the pecking order of intelligent life forms.