If you’ve ever visited a great ape exhibit at the zoo and had the painful awareness that there are very sentient creatures on the other side of glass, well, the Adelaide Zoo hears you. Reuters reports that they’ve opened a new primate exhibit featuring homo sapiens, as a move to raise awareness about primate conservation, and where exactly we fall in the scope of the animal kingdom. The humans are in residence from now until January 28, in four groups that will stay a week each, spending their days in a glassed-in enclosure designed for orangutans. Unlike their neighbors, however, they’re allowed to go home at night, and they’re also asked to abide by certain, er, behavioral guidelines: no fighting, no nudity and no “rude behavior.” And this despite the fact that the humans are being mic’ed and broadcast via webcam as a sort of “Big Brother goes to the zoo.” Apparently some visitors find this less-than thrilling:

”’They’re completely mad,’ said one visitor to the exhibit, as the humans, who are allowed home at night, played up to the crowds and checked each other for imaginary lice. ‘It’s not as exciting as the animals actually, they’re not really doing very much,’ another onlooker said, clearly unimpressed by the volunteers’ shenanigans.”

Possibly better entertainment are the reasons the volunteers listed in their bios for getting involved: Monkey-girl Lisa P, 32, from Group 4 says: “I’m just gonna let loose, I’m completely hyperactive.’’ While Andrew, 26, from Group 3 admits: “I’m really hairy, so I thought I’d fit in at the zoo no problems.”