To make your Monday complete , I acquaint you with a diverseness of video recording featuringanimals playact picture games , along with analysis of whether they are well at the games . BEHOLD :
1. Real Lizard Eats Virtual Ants
A barbate dragon plays " Ant Smasher , " an Android phone game . He or she is excellent , clearly differentiating between ants and other insects in the biz , but seems to do a niggling unnecessary lip - licking . Best YouTube input : " hitch up ? if you are an Ant and you find this offence . "
( ViaKottke.org . )
2. Bonobo Plays Ms. Pac-Man (With Help)
With some encouragement by researcherSusan Savage - Rumbaugh , this Pan paniscus plays Ms. Pac - Man . Skill story : downhearted – trace avoidance scheme want work . ( See a number more of this inSavage - Rumbaugh ’s excellent TED Talk ; a snip of this Pac - Man telecasting is show at the very end , minus narrative . )
3. Cats Play “Game for Cats” on iPad
Two cats seek to get over an iPad plot called , fitly , Game for Cats(iTunes link up – the game is free ) . The cats seem more often than not obnubilate by the notion of a projection screen , and attempt to go underneath the iPad , with unsatisfactory resultant . Their hook also keep generate stuck on the carpet ; for optimal play , perhaps a carpet is n’t a nifty idea . In ecumenical , the cats seem jolly concerned in smacking those mice , though their technique is n’t optimal .
Related : there ’s a similar app in whichcats " blusher " as they stomp on virtual mice(iTunes radio link ; app costs $ 1.99 ) .
4. Cat Frustrated By Duck Hunt
This poor cat does a groovy caper playing Duck Hunt , but lacks the Nintendo Zapper Light Gun – so that obnoxious in - game domestic dog keeps popping up and mocking the miserable feline ’s apparent loser . Skill tier : excellent . practical dog ’s deportment : unsportsmanlike .
5. Hamster Inhabits Real-World Platformer
While not a video game per se , some industrious hamster owner has put together a diorama version of a platformer biz ( reminiscent of 8 - bit NES games likeSuper Mario Bros. ) and unleash his hapless hamster into it . The hamster does a pretty good task traversing the maze , but take a few breaks to do some adorable ego - grooming .
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