Gorillas in the Mist

Emmie spots a peanut on the floor. Dishi, sitting opposite, spots that Emmie has spotted it. In a flash they are racing for it: Emmie strutting; Dishi on all fours. Amid the ensuing screeching, hooting and wrestling, Emmie triumphs and scoffs the prize, leaving Dishi to console himself with a thunderous burst of flatulence.

No, it’s not another Friday night at Wetherspoon’s in Walsall. It’s Tuesday morning in the gorilla enclosure at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent. And I’m not watching the primates as a summer holiday treat. I’m here at the invitation of the training company 23Twelve, which has launched a new course designed to teach people about business via interaction with wild animals…

Read atTimes Online