Now here’s a youtube video of one cool lizard!!!
This bearded dragon thinks the ants in this phone game look pretty appetizing. And, she has pretty good aim, too! I assume that this did not take any training, but I’m not sure. I just hope she got a treat for all her hard work!
What do you think?
Watch on YouTube: Bearded Dragon Playing Ant Crusher
I experimented some last spring with teaching my dog to use my ipad. We didn’t get very far, but she did get to the point where she would touch a square on the screen, the ipad would make a sound, and she would come and get a treat.
Touch screens have expanded the possibilities for research on animal behavior and intelligence. I know touch screens have been used for research with species such as rats, pigeons, primates and dogs. I’ve been thinking recently about training my rat Georgie to use my ipad–I know that she could totally do it! I bet Georgie could even learn to play songs on some of the musical instrument ipad apps. (I wonder if she’d be as good as the musical lab rats that I posted about last month?)
Do you have any high-tech pets? Do you incorporate technology into your animal training? Have any cool ideas for training tasks using technology with animals? I’d love to hear some of your thoughts!
That was really funny for me….really liked the idea.We can train our pets to use the latest technologies.And i beleive that time is no far that our pets will call us from a touch screen iphone.Sounds strange ………..but not impossibble.
Thanks for the comment!
I bet you’re right that pets could learn to use iphones to call their owner. We’ve let our dog listen in on phone conversations in the past–she’s always seemed to enjoy it.
cheers,
Mary
That is so adorable!!!!!
That is so adorable!!!!!
It was really funny and shocking to heard about the bearded dragon who play video game. This is happen due to touch screen technology which helps to know animals behavior and intelligence.
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