Zoo asks visitors to stop showing phone videos to gorillas - what would you show them?

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The Toronto Zoo is asking visitors to help limit screen time for certain primates by refraining from showing cellphone videos to the facility's gorillas.

The zoo posted signs outside the gorilla enclosure asking visitors not to use their phones to show photos or videos to the gorillas "as some content can be upsetting and affect their relationships and behavior within their family."

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Officials said gorilla named Nassir has been seen showing a particular interest in the videos on visitors' phones.

Nassir, born in 2009, is "fascinated by videos and screen time would dominate his life if he had his way," the zoo's website states. Ross said Nassir and his fellow gorillas are already allowed to watch videos including nature documentaries under controlled circumstances.

"We just want to make sure that we know the content. Very much like managing an account for a child or something, you want to make sure that your parental controls are on, and that you're in control of what the content is that they're seeing," she said.

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