we attended a talk held by acres and got introduced to the organisation and what they do. somethin that intrigued me was the study done on a chimpanzee named 'washoe'. how it was taught the american sign language and how she used it to communicate with humans. the speaker shared some stories about the life and emotions of the chimp which reflect well of some human characteristics/ nature.
links:
signing with animals
Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
its both interesting and heart-warming how these next-of-kins can reflect our most primative and basic mode of thoughts, learning, communciations and many other interesting facts and patterns that can be identified.
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