Innovation!!!!

An Australian zoo has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness about primate conservation — with the proviso that they don’t get up to any monkey business. Over a month, the humans will be locked in an unused orangutan cage at Adelaide zoo, braving the searing heat and snacking on bananas. They will be monitored by a psychologist who hopes to use the findings to improve conditions for real apes in captivity. Audiences can vote for their favourite ‘ape’ via mobile phone text messages, in the style of reality television shows, and at the end of the month, a ‘super human’ will be selected to represent the zoo. One of the human apes, Josh Penley, said the experiment was a chance to “get myself out of my comfort zone and to get a week off work.” Participants wear microphones in front of web cams to allow watchers to hear the action in what has been billed as ‘Big Brother behind bars.’ Zoo vets haven’t ruled out using tranquilizer darts if the humans misbehave.