Orangutans 'could video chat' between zoos via iPads

[Maggy J]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16354093

Orangutans at a Milwaukee zoo could soon be video-calling their primate friends via tablet computers.
The hairy tech fans have been playing with iPads since they were first introduced to them in May.
Conservationist Richard Zimmerman said the next step would be to provide wi-fi access - meaning the apes could watch orangutans in other zoos.
He hopes the experiment will raise awareness and funds to support the wild animals facing extinction.

Seems to me that some people have more money than sense..Just what is the scientific theory/process he is supposed to be proving/studying?

Or it is it some plan to bring about a planet of the apes in reality?

[Hom3r]

If the iPad fails would they go Ape s...