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April 23 is World Book Day, and Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung is celebrating with their chimpanzees. Following last year’s success, the zoo has again, made special treats presented in a bookish design for human’s distant relatives. They’ve turned recycled cardboard into book covers and newspaper pages, and made slits on the inward facing side for sunflower seeds. The chimps were so delighted by the treats, that they appear to be deeply engrossed in reading while feeding from the props, making for an amusing scene.

A chimpanzee carefully reads the newspaper, only to have it snatched away by another. Meanwhile, yet another seems completely engrossed in a picture book. Primary school kids watching them are impressed by their diligence.

Elementary school kid
Visiting Shoushan Zoo
Watching them read, I feel like I may never be as hardworking as they are.

It’s amusing to see chimpanzees read, and the audience favorite was probably this one, who appears to be reading newspaper job ads. The kids joke that the chimp may be sick of its current position and is looking for a new job.

Elementary school kid
Visiting Shoushan Zoo
It probably wants to quit and get a new job.

Elementary school kid
Visiting Shoushan Zoo
I wondered why it kept burying its head into the reading material. Maybe it wants a new job.

Liu Yin-chun
FTV reporter
The reading materials are special edible treats given to chimpanzees at Shoushan Zoo. All the inlaid sunflower seeds were placed by zookeepers themselves.

This is the second year Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung is making these book-shaped treats for their chimps on World Book Day. Slits for inserting sunflower seeds are cut on recycled cardboard and styled as various reading materials, making for a novel dining experience for the chimps. As for the design, the zoo got even more creative this year, as with the newspaper job ads, making for an amusing scene for visitors.

Lee Chien-ho
Shoushan Zoo
What makes this year even more special is that we made a prop after newspaper job ads. Good thing that chimpanzees are illiterate. If they were and could understand the job ads, we’re afraid they might all want to quit.

Even chimpanzees are eager to get their hands on a title this World Book Day, so why not pick up a book yourself, too?

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