Orangutan gives an eye to the future: gallery
Times LIVE | 10 December, 2012 14:34
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Photograph by: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/ REUTERS
An eye tracking equipment is put on captive bred Sumatran orangutan "Tsunami" at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
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Photograph by: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/ REUTERS
Captive bred Sumatran orangutan "Tsunami", wearing eye tracking equipment, is monitored by neuroscientist Dr Neil Mennie (R) and zoo keeper Sharullizan Ramli at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
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Photograph by: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/ REUTERS
Captive bred Sumatran orangutan "Tsunami" wears eye tracking equipment at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
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Photograph by: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/ REUTERS
The eye movements of the captive bred Sumatran orangutan "Tsunami" is monitored on a computer screen at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
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Photograph by: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/ REUTERS
Captive bred Sumatran orangutan "Tsunami" looks on as she wears eye tracking equipment at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
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Photograph by: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/ REUTERS
An eye tracking equipment is put on captive bred Sumatran orangutan "Tsunami" at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
A team from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, led by neuroscientist Dr Neil Mennie, has been studying the eye movements of a seven year old orangutan for the last 18 months to explain some of the mysteries of the visual brain and improve the lives of captive bred animals
