Last week's question: A Dutch zoo is hoping to increase mating among captive orangutans by giving female primates an iPad loaded with photos of hunky males, and letting them tap on prospective partners. If a Silicon Valley firm were to develop a dating app for single apes, what name could it give the program?
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Last week’s question: A Dutch zoo is hoping to increase mating among captive orangutans by giving female primates an iPad loaded with photos of hunky males and letting them tap on prospective partners. If a Silicon Valley firm were to develop a dating app for single simians, what name could it give the program?
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RESULTS:
THE WINNER: "eHarmonkey"
Amy Heesacker, Athens, Ga.
SECOND PLACE: "WhatsApe"
Keith Gadway, Ann Arbor, Mich.
THIRD PLACE: "Prime Mates for Primates"
Jeff Hanna, Chattanooga, Tenn.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Monkey See, Monkey Woo"
Al Rider, Indianapolis
"There’s An Ape For That"
Diane Anderson, Newman, Ill.
"Beau-Nobeau"
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
"Sn-ape-chat"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Harambae"
Sarah Hammond, New Hartford, N.Y.
"Tree Harmony"
Phil Prosser, Blacksburg Va.
"Gorillas in a Tryst"
James Cutting, Lake Forsest, Ill.
"Planet of the Mates"
Max Goldstein, Weston, Fla.
"Ape-propiate"
Linda Kempster, Phoenix
"Gorillas Gone Wild"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
"Sex and the Simi"
Pat O'Neil, Andover, Mass.
"Fling Kong"
Jonathan Sternberg, Eugene, Ore.
"Boy Meets Girl-illa"
Seymour Greenstein, Aventura Fla.
"Chimpanion"
Andrew Steinmetz, Peoria, Ill.
"Swingers"
Dan Kaplan, New York City
"Chimpendales"
Doug Johnston, Erie, Pa.
"Monk-E-love"
Sarvenaz Zand, Mill Valley, Calif.
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