Ce singe a un chien de compagnie ! - ZAPPING SAUVAGE
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00:39 He just kind of holds on to the security.
00:59 He's like, oh, yeah, I can be a tree.
01:01 I can be a tree.
01:02 [LAUGHTER]
01:05 [SPEAKING FRENCH]
01:08 They've known each other for seven years now.
01:12 And how did it all begin?
01:14 This is a bit of an odd couple, isn't it?
01:16 They are an odd couple.
01:18 They met each other by the time that they spend down on the river.
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01:30 They then grabbed each other on the plane
01:51 and started playing and started running around in the water.
01:55 And it just engaged them.
01:58 And they thought, this is a fabulous guy.
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02:04 The dog had made his way through the area.
02:15 And he came here.
02:17 And they have some food and some water to put out the water
02:21 for him.
02:22 And they also started taking monkey biscuits.
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02:35 And Roscoe was in this state.
02:37 He was really hungry.
02:39 He ate everything they gave him.
02:41 He was like, I just swallowed a basketball.
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02:52 Now, we still think to this day, I
03:03 think, that humans are the only animals
03:06 that have been pet.
03:08 But, you know, these orang-utans are very close to us.
03:11 They're great beasts as well.
03:12 Do you think it's even possible that they think of Roscoe
03:16 as a pet?
03:17 I think that it is like a boy who's
03:20 playing with his dog.
03:21 The little boy comes out to play with his companion.
03:23 They have a lot of fun together.
03:25 He loves his dog.
03:26 He's throwing a ball.
03:27 He loves his dog.
03:28 But sometimes, it's like when he goes to the ball,
03:30 or he goes to the basketball, the dog becomes very secondary.
03:34 I think that they love him at the moment.
03:36 And they pine away.
03:38 Or wonder where he is.
03:38 I don't think he has a sense of missing out.
03:40 Unlike, you know, the adult dogs,
03:42 who are very emotionally attached.
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03:47 [SPEAKING FRENCH]
04:01 Who's his pet?
04:03 What's that?
04:03 Do you want another one?
04:05 Yes.
04:05 Do you want another one?
04:06 Do you want to give it to Roscoe?
04:08 No.
04:08 Does he want it?
04:09 Look.
04:09 See, he said, you know who wants it.
04:11 Yeah, you do.
04:13 See, he just had to do it that way, though.
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05:12 Well, there's a couple of relationships going on.
05:14 The relationship with the orangutan and the dog
05:16 is absolutely special.
05:17 It's extraordinary to see this dog and this orangutan
05:20 have a deep relationship, which is very strong.
05:24 [SPEAKING FRENCH]
05:27 So what do you think that means, that a great ape
05:41 can share food with a completely different species?
05:43 What do you think is going on in its head?
05:46 I think to some extent, it means that the great ape
05:50 recognizes the existence of the dog as being, in a way,
05:54 a like-minded creature.
05:55 It's treating it like a like-minded creature,
05:57 just like we would treat a dog or a cat as part of our lives.
06:02 Do you think we call the ape a companion animal?
06:06 I would--
06:07 [LAUGHTER]
06:08 Roscoe doesn't think so.
06:09 Roscoe does think so.
06:10 You think-- I said Roscoe, I just became too cynical
06:13 in my old age.
06:14 What do you think?
06:16 I think the dog and the orangutan have
06:19 would fall into the same category.
06:21 That's a big reason.
06:22 Really?
06:23 Yes.
06:24 It's a big deal.
06:25 It is a big deal.
06:26 But what's interesting to me is that this relationship
06:28 doesn't seem to exist without the intervention of the human.
06:31 Maybe the human contact allows the animal to have a full stomach.
06:36 Al thinks that in nature, animals are too busy
06:39 finding food and avoiding predators
06:42 to be able to devote time to another animal,
06:45 as humans do.
06:47 I argue that humans are the only animals to have companions.
06:51 We do see the rudiments of the motivation of other animals.
06:55 What this orangutan is doing is exemplifying that.
06:59 The rudiments of the urge to have a companion animal
07:02 are right here in South Carolina.
07:04 In this storm here, you've got a human being
07:08 who understands animals and deep love.
07:12 And that's the situation where there's plenty of food.
07:15 And what this shows is that great apes,
07:18 and probably other animals,
07:20 are capable of loving other species.
07:22 d'autres espèces.
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