Kanzi is an amazing ape renowned for his intelligence. The Bonobo demonstrated his fire-building and marshmallow-toasting skills on camera for the BBC show, “Monkey Planet.”
The video (a clip from the final episode of the BBC documentary on primates) shows Kanzi collecting a pile of dry bush.
He then starts to be build a fire with a match.
… skews in pieces of marshmallows.
… starts to toasts them until one side becomes not-so golden brownish.
… then eats his finished meal.
Kanzi’s performance gained praises on social media. “Every good psychology student knows who Kanzi is, but I didn’t know he could toast marshmallows!” one viewer tweeted after seeing the show. But there were also some who were not convinced saying it’s fake, that it was a human clothed in a bonobo suit.
It’s not the first time Kanzi exhibited such amazing act. This famously intelligent ape is expert in sign language, knowledgeable in using a smartphone to order his own meals, and shows remarkable empathy for his human handlers.
Watch the video below and decide for yourself whether it’s true or not: