AR-News: (US WI) Primate center at Vilas Zoo upgrades to high-definition, interactive vid

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

At Vilas Zoo, one day they're training chimps to let them examine their toes 
and the next they're teaching preschoolers about how a dominant chimp tries to 
calm others down after a fight.  
While Tori Kaldenberg and other zookeepers enjoy talking to visitors, their 
behind-the-scenes work takes priority. And yet, zoos are about education, so 
the staff offers information through signs and displays, including in the 
Discovering Primates Complex where Kaldenberg works. These are not cheap - a static 
display runs a couple thousand dollars.  
The Myrtle Tilker estate and the staff of American TV helped Kaldenberg try a 
different approach: a high-definition TV with a touchscreen to let visitors 
trigger videos on a range of topics about primates. The interactive setup takes 
the spot of an old TV that had shown a film on researcher Jane Goodall and 
chimpanzees in the wild. 




full story:

http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/features/70154.php 
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