Dutch researchers tapped Tinder to find an orangutan’s next mate

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by Sindy Cator on January 31, 2017 at 6:46 pm

Samboja, an 11-year-old orangutan at a Dutch zoo, is looking for love. Samboja and a team of scientists are foregoing the traditional approach of finding a mate and instead opting for the application many singles are currently using to find love: Tinder. Scientists hope that by showing Samboja images of potential mates on a touchscreen device they can observe what effect appearance has on a primate’s love life. The program, dubbed ‘Tinder for Orangutans,’ is part of on-going research in the field that maps the role of emotions on animal relationships. Researchers have nothing to report as yet other than a few broken tablets. So…