This Orangutan Just Had Its Mind Blown By The Dumbest Magic Trick

The only thing better than watching people flip out about magic tricks (or joking about people being blown away magic tricks) is watching animals try to understand the most basic feats of prestidigitation. (Except for cats. Nothing impresses cats.) But have you ever seen an orangutan react to magic?

Dan Zaleski performed the very basic paper cup magic trick for an orangutan at a zoo, and it’s hard to tell if the orangutan’s highly amused reaction is for how amazing the trick was or how obvious the ruse was. Either way, these two are definitely having fun. Which is a much better attitude to have than this:

(Via Tastefully Offensive)

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