This week's question: Chimps have been observed in the wild carrying on brief conversations using hand gestures, exchanging up to seven consecutive signs for commands such as "stop it," or "groom me." If a tech firm were to design a WhatsApp-style messaging service for chatty primates, what name could it give the app?
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THE WINNER: "Ping Kong"
SECOND PLACE: "Zoo-m"
THIRD PLACE: "OoooTube"
Michael Maggio, Galloway, New Jersey
"HOWLR"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"PriMail"
"ApeX"
"The Apevine"
"FlingIt"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"MicroChimp"
Patti Maxwell, Syracuse, New York
"ChimpanZoom"
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Google Screech"
"Ooh-ooh-ooh-App"
"Speak No Evil"
"Banana Spiel"
"OranguTangle"
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