Brian Smith (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} scorpio398) wrote,@ 2007-10-31 23:46:00 |
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RIP Washoe (an amazing chimp)
RIP Washoe (an amazing chimp)
Washoe, born in 1965 in the rainforest of Africa, was the first nonhuman to acquire a human language (American Sign Language). She also passed this language on to her adopted son.
Washoe has been at the Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute in Ellensburg, Washington with Dr. Roger Fouts (an awesome vegan primate rights activist).
She died Tuesday October 30 2007 at 42 years old. She was the matriarch of the chimpanzee family at CHCI. You can visit the remaining chimps Loulis, Tatu, and Dar and see if they'll sign with you. You can also learn about chimpanzee communication and the issues they face as a species and how to help them.
I recommend a visit to CHCI (http://www.cwu[dot]edu/~cwuchci/visitor
Washoe was an amazing being and she'll be missed. I'm glad I got to meet her a few times.
RIP Washoe
RIP Washoe (an amazing chimp)
Washoe, born in 1965 in the rainforest of Africa, was the first nonhuman to acquire a human language (American Sign Language). She also passed this language on to her adopted son.
Washoe has been at the Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute in Ellensburg, Washington with Dr. Roger Fouts (an awesome vegan primate rights activist).
She died Tuesday October 30 2007 at 42 years old. She was the matriarch of the chimpanzee family at CHCI. You can visit the remaining chimps Loulis, Tatu, and Dar and see if they'll sign with you. You can also learn about chimpanzee communication and the issues they face as a species and how to help them.
I recommend a visit to CHCI (http://www.cwu[dot]edu/~cwuchci/visitor
Washoe was an amazing being and she'll be missed. I'm glad I got to meet her a few times.
RIP Washoe
