Nature:Monkey in the Mirror |  | Actor: Nature
Studio: Wnet
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Format: Color, Ntsc
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Media: VHS Tape
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Running Time: 60 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6305072574
UPC: 645272011035
EAN: 9786305072577
ASIN: 6305072574
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Release Date: February 23, 2000
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A video that compares our closest relatives to us. January 15, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Note: This is a very interesting video for those who are interested in learning more about nonhuman primates and comparing them to us.
Different types of primates (chimpanzees, aye-ayes, baboons, macaques and bonobos) are featured throughout the video and are used as examples to elucidate topics such as development, culture, sociality, stress, intelligence, self recognition, and language use/acquisition. The scientific content of the video is very good and is based upon well established primate research. If you are interested in learning more about primate culture I would suggest viewing Jane Goodall's videos and reading her books. If you'd like to learn more about the topic of stress in human and nonhuman primates, I'd recommend books by Robert M. Sapolsky. If you're fascinated by ape language studies, I would start with the book on Kanzi written by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Roger Lewin. Kanzi is the bonobo featured in this video and uses lexigrams to communicate with humans.
I use this video in my Advanced Biology class (12th grade) and my students find it very interesting. The parts about cultural transmission of behavior, the causes/consequences of stress, self recognition and language are especially intriguing to them and spark excellent class discussions.
One last point for all you primate fans out there. Instead of calling the video "Monkey in the Mirror", I call it "Monkey (and Ape) in the Mirror". During the part of the video from which the title originates, a macaque (monkey) is tested to see if it recognizes itself in a mirror and then a chimpanzee (ape) is tested. I won't tell you the results because that is one of the best parts of the video, but chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys and I don't want my students to carry the common misconception that chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, siamangs or prosimians are monkeys because they are not. One of my pet peeves is hearing apes and prosimians being referred to as monkeys in movies and on television. :)
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