Bonobo apes at Wilhelma zoo choosing between movie genres STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A German zoo said its bonobos are being given television choices to see if the apes prefer action, romance, family or food films. Karin Herczog, spokeswoman for the Wilhelma zoo and botanical garden in Stuttgart, said the bonobos, kin of chimpanzees, have been given a television built into a wall with five buttons, each of which triggers a different genre of short film specially created using other bonobos, TheLocal.de reported Tuesday. "They are short films lasting between 5 and 7 minutes," Herczog said. There is one featuring bonobos eating, one of them having sex, another featuring aggressive behavior, one about them raising babies and a general one of everyday themes. Herczog said the apes will be filmed while interacting with the television and experts are hoping to determine which type of entertainment appeals most to the bonobos and how the apes arrives at decisions regarding what they should watch. The experiment was designed by Amy Parish, a U.S. bonobo expert. Researchers said bonobos have fascinated them due to their matriarchal group structure and their use of sex as social status markers.