Explore the outer limits of animal training

The ZooIQ is open for a new season in Hot Springs Arkansas.

Explore the outer limits of animal training. Under the spell of John and Jim Clowers, when you put your quarter in the slot it is Chicky Mantle that rushes from the dug out to slug a homerun in the Field of Dreams.

It's a line drive slammed right by the short stop and just like a famous baseball player who shall go unnamed, the chicken runs all the bases before returning triumphantly to the dug out for her plug of batting mash.

You might well pause for a long moment to savor the significance of what the chicken just did. Human actors often practice for days, just to get a few lines right, then more time to say them on cue, then more practice to add gestures and work with the props, then even more practice yet to integrate their part into the whole.

Now compare the chicken's performance and marvel at how many connected activities she has executed with flawless skill. Count up the steps and you will discover that she has followed a six-step sequence given in a non-stop performance, on time, and on cue.

Even after John has explained how the play was orchestrated, you may marvel even more. First off, if (every time) the chicken bats a home run, a tiny light flashes on at first base. She runs there and another light flashes at second base, then third, and finally home. From there the corn is calling the chicken home. She has earned her money and off she flutters.

Okay, so there IS a light that shows her where to go, but she STILL had to be trained to go where the light was, and to keep going. As John demonstrated how the triggers worked he flicked on the light at first base. and the chicken looked back FIRST at home plate to make sure THAT light was out. Only then did she run to first base. That means the chicken must respond to TWO triggers for each base. That also means that she can stop at any base until she is batted in home! You might know some kids in Middle School that have not learned this much yet.

Working with BrowzerBooks.Com, ZooIQ has produced an informative web page showing much of what the show is all about, and some amazing history of where it came from. The web page comes complete with many pictures, and you can even get a FREE ScreenSaver just by visiting the page.

http://www.ShareYourState.Com/ZooIQ.htm
For more information call John Clowers at 501 623-9695
Or, if you are in the Hot springs area of Arkansas, visit them in person at 201 Central Avenue, just north of the Arlington Hotel.




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